Epidemiology and molecular phylogeny of Babesia sp. in Little Penguins Eudyptula minor in Australia [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2015 Blood parasites are potential threats to the health of penguins and to their conservation and management. Little penguins Eudyptula minor are native to Australia and New Zealand, and are susceptible to piroplasmids (Babesia), hemosporidians (Haemoproteus,
Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels +14 more
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COVID-related anthropause highlights the impact of marine traffic on breeding little penguins
bioRxiv, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic and its lock-down measures have resulted in periods of reduced human activity, known as anthropause. While this period was expected to be favorable for the marine ecosystem, due to a probable reduction of pollution, shipping traffic,
Dupuis B +6 more
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Influence of fasting during moult on the faecal microbiota of penguins. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Many seabirds including penguins are adapted to long periods of fasting, particularly during parts of the reproductive cycle and during moult. However, the influence of fasting on the gastrointestinal (GI) microbiota has not been investigated in seabirds.
Meagan L Dewar +5 more
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Sexual and geographic dimorphism in northern rockhopper penguins breeding in the South Atlantic Ocean [PDF]
Endangered Species Research, 2019 The Endangered northern rockhopper penguin Eudyptes moseleyi, like all penguins, is monomorphic, making sex determination of individuals in the field challenging.
Steinfurth, A +4 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Droughts in many regions of the world are increasing in frequency and severity which, coupled with effects from anthropogenic water extraction and diversion, are reducing river discharges.
Diane Colombelli-Négrel +6 more
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Divorce Rates Better Predict Population‐Level Reproductive Success in Little Penguins Than Foraging Behaviour or Environmental Factors [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionUnderstanding the relative contributions of environmental, behavioural and social factors to reproductive success is crucial for predicting population dynamics of seabirds.
Matthew D. Simpson +4 more
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Prior exposure to capture heightens the corticosterone and behavioural responses of little penguins (Eudyptula minor) to acute stress. [PDF]
Conserv Physiol, 2016 The hormonal stress response was determined for little penguins naïve to human activity and little penguins exposed to research and tourism. Penguins exposed to human activity showed elevated stress hormone levels 30 minutes after capture, indicating ...
Carroll G, Turner E, Dann P, Harcourt R.
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Does foraging performance change with age in female little penguins (Eudyptula minor)? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Age-related changes in breeding performance are likely to be mediated through changes in parental foraging performance. We investigated the relationship of foraging performance with age in female little penguins at Phillip Island, Australia, during the ...
Ilka Zimmer +4 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2016 Marine top and meso predators like seabirds are limited by the need to breed on land but forage on limited or patchily distributed resources at sea. Constraints imposed by such central-place foraging behaviour change during breeding or even disappear ...
Andre eChiaradia +3 more
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Interspecific variations in the gastrointestinal microbiota in penguins [PDF]
MicrobiologyOpen, 2013 Despite the enormous amount of data available on the importance of the gastrointestinal (GI) microbiota in vertebrate (especially mammals), information on the GI microbiota of seabirds remains incomplete.
Apajalahti J. +6 more
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