A reversal of fortunes: Climate change 'winners' and 'losers' in Antarctic Peninsula penguins

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Clucas, Gemma V ^a,b   Dunn, Michael J ^c   Dyke, Gareth ^a   Emslie, Steven D ^d   Naveen, Ron ^e   Polito, Michael J ^f   Pybus, Oliver G ^b   Rogers, Alex D ^b   Hart, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^e OCEANITES INC   (United States)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENETIC FITNESS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84901715428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05024     Document Type: Article

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