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MARC recordThe Adélie penguin: bellwether of climate change / David G. Ainley.
| Title: | The Adélie penguin: bellwether of climate change / David G. Ainley. |
| Author(s): | Ainley, David G. |
| Date: | 2002. |
| Publisher: | New York: Columbia University Press |
| Abstract: | Describes ecological factors important to life history of Pygoscelis adeliae and details mechanisms by which it is responding to climate change. Includes history of research on Adélie penguins; feeding and foraging; distribution of breeding colonies; annual cycle of nesting and moult; pair formation, egg laying, and incubation; chicks and breeding success; predation; demography; and effect of climate change on Adelie penguin population trends. |
| Keywords: | 598.2 -- Birds. 574 -- Ecology. 574.24 -- Habitat conditions, effect of alterations. 598.45 -- Penguins: Pygoscelis adeliae. 591.5 -- Animal behaviour. 591.54 -- Animals, influence of climate. 591.9 -- Animal distribution. 591.551 -- Animals, breeding behaviour. 574.34 -- Population dynamics. 591.131.1 -- Animal feeding behaviour. 591.16 -- Animal reproduction. 591.543.4 -- Animals, seasonal changes. 591.176 -- Skin pigment, moult and pelage change. 551.586 -- Climatology, biological aspects. 551.583 -- Climatic changes. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1955- US Antarctic Program. H5 -- Zoology: birds. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: 598.45[2002] |
| ISBN: | 023112306X |
| SPRI record no.: | 161707 |
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