Timing of Nest Relief and Its Effect on Breeding Success in Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)

1 May 1982

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Ornithological Applications

Vol. 84 (2) , 178-183
https://doi.org/10.2307/1367665

Abstract

I determined the fates of 259 eggs laid by 130 pairs of banded Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) at Cape Bird, Antarctica (77°13′10″S, 166°28′30″E)

Keywords

NEST RELIEF
BREEDING SUCCESS
CAPE BIRD
BANDED ADELIE
EGGS LAID
FATES
ANTARCTICA