Benefits of Group Foraging Depend on Prey Type in a Small Marine Predator, the Little Penguin.
PLoS ONE, 2015 Group foraging provides predators with advantages in over-powering prey larger than themselves or in aggregating small prey for efficient exploitation. For group-living predatory species, cooperative hunting strategies provide inclusive fitness benefits.
Grace J Sutton +2 more
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Effects of individual pre-fledging traits and environmental conditions on return patterns in juvenile king penguins. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Despite the importance of early life stages in individuals' life history and population dynamics, very few studies have focused on the constraints to which these juvenile traits are subjected.
Claire Saraux +4 more
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07 Intern Assignment Biological Adaptations [PDF]
, 2020 WELCOME to WINDOWS on the INQUIRY CLASSROOM! You have landed on a piece of a National Science Foundation Project (DUE 1245730) directed by Professor Chris Bauer, Chemistry Department, University of New Hampshire.
Bauer, Christopher F.
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Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2019 A long-standing question in ecology is how predators interact with their environment when locating patchily distributed prey. There is some evidence to suggest that marine predators use environmental features as foraging cues at meso-scales (100-1000 km);
Lachlan R. Phillips +3 more
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Community attitudes and support for the restoration of a cryptic seabird in a peopled landscape
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Ecological restoration projects aim to facilitate species recovery, including the reintroduction and recolonisation of extirpated species. In the case of highly mobile species, restoring habitat within the species' historic range can lead to natural recolonisation.
Michael R. Fox +2 more
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The Effect of Regulating Zoo Visitor-Penguin Interactions on Zoo Visitor Attitudes
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Understanding visitor attitudes toward zoo animals can inform the way zoos manage visitor-animal interactions by identifying the factors that may influence visitors and the way visitors interact with animals.
Samantha J. Chiew +4 more
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Genetic factors for short life span associated with evolution of the loss of flight ability
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Acquisition or loss of flying ability is evolutionarily linked with maximum life span (MLS) in mammals and birds. Although ecological factors, such as extrinsic mortality, may lead to either shortened or extended life spans through natural selection, MLS
Atsushi Ikemoto +3 more
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Ground‐truthing of satellite imagery to assess seabird colony size: A test using Adélie penguins
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.Adélie penguin colony size can be estimated from space using very high‐resolution (VHR; 0.3–0.6 m resolution) satellite imagery due to the contrast between their guano stain and the surrounding terrain. Our study assessed the utility of VHR imagery for making indirect assessments of changes in colony size.
Alexandra J. Strang +9 more
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Invasive species in penguin worlds: An ethical taxonomy of killing for conservation
Conservation & Society, 2011 This paper explores various attempts to manage predation threats to an endangered population of little penguins (Eudyptula minor) living in Sydney′s North Harbour.
Thom van Dooren
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The feeding and breeding ecology of little blue penguins (Eudyptula minor) from Tiritiri Matangi Island, New Zealand : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Conservation Ecology, Massey University [PDF]
, 2006 At present the New Zealand populations of Little Blue Penguins (LBP: Eudyptula minor) are classified as 'Threatened' and in 'Gradual Decline' by the Department of Conservation. Effective conservation management of the North Island sub-species requires an
Geurts, Jacqueline Lee
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