Adélie penguins and temperature changes in Antarctica: A long-term view

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-120

  Millar, Craig D ^a   Subramanian, Sankar ^b   Heupink, Tim H ^b   Swaminathan, Siva ^c   Baroni, Carlo ^d   Lambert, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Environment Protection Training and Research Institute   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ad lie penguins; Climate change; Global warming; Penguin evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTORY; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SPHENISCIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84868251358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2012.00288.x     Document Type: Review

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