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Breeding distribution and abundance of seabirds on islands off north-central Chile Distribución reproductiva y abundancia de aves marinas en islas del norte y centro de Chile

open access: yesRevista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2003
Between 1999 and 2003 we collected information on the breeding distribution and abundance of 12 seabird species occurring on nine islands off the coasts of north and central Chile (27°-33°S).
ALEJANDRO SIMEONE   +9 more
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Health evaluation of African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) in southern Africa

open access: yesOnderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2016
The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) is an endangered seabird that breeds along the coast of Namibia and South Africa, and disease surveillance was identified as a priority for its conservation.
Nola J. Parsons   +3 more
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Restos de pingüinos del cenozoico medio de la Cordillera Patagónica [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Middle Cenozoic marine fossil-bearing beds crop out in the Cerro Plataforma (western Chubut Province, Argentina) at about 1,400 m a.s.l. They are located 500 km far from the modern Atlantic coast and only 50 km from the Pacific Ocean.
Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia   +4 more
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Nuevos datos del uso de la costa en el extremo sur del continente por cazadores-recolectores durante el Holoceno tardío. El sitio Cabo Vírgenes 24 (Santa Cruz, Argentina)

open access: yesRevista del Museo de Antropologia, 2017
El sitio Cabo Vírgenes 24 (CV24) se ubica en el extremo sureste de la Patagonia continental y presenta ocupaciones entre 753-888 (1270 ± 60 14C A.P - LP3229) y 545-626 años Cal A.P (619 ± 26 14C A.P - AA106800).
Flavia Carballo Marina   +2 more
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Septicaemia due to a Proteus infection in a Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)

open access: yesVeterinární Medicína, 2019
A 2-year-old male Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) died after a very brief period of illness at a zoo aquarium; the penguin showed sudden depression, anorexia, dyspnoea, and had recurrent melena a day prior to death. The gross examination revealed
Su-Min Baek   +11 more
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King Penguins Can Detect Two Odours Associated with Conspecifics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Recent studies on olfaction in penguins have focused on their use of odours while foraging. It has been proposed for some seabirds that an olfactory landscape shaped by odours coming from feeding areas exists.
Bonadonna, Francesco   +1 more
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Microsatellite typing of avian clinical and environmental isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Aspergillosis is one of the most common causes of death in captive birds. Aspergillosis in birds is mainly caused by Aspergillus fumigatus, a ubiquitous and opportunistic saprophyte.
Beernaert, Lies   +8 more
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First pathological report of parasitic gastric ulceration in Humboldt penguin(Spheniscus humboldti)along the coast of south-central Chile Primera descripción patológica de úlceras gástricas parasitarias en el pingüino de Humboldt (Spheniscus humboldti) en la costa centro-sur de Chile

open access: yesLatin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 2012
This report offers a macroscopic and histological description of ulcerative gastric lesions in Humboldt penguins associated with the presence of Contracaecum pelagicum.
Francisco Yáñez   +9 more
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Humboldt Penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) in the Northern Hemisphere

open access: yesThe Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 2007
Abstract Penguins, Southern Hemisphere birds, were introduced to the Northern Hemisphere several times in the 1930s. None of the four species introduced became established but some individuals survived for at least a decade. Humboldt Penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) were observed in waters off the west coast of North America several times in the 1970s ...
A. N. Van Buren, P. Dee Boersma
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Leslie matrix based estimates of maximum growth rate for the African penguin population [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Log linear regressions of breeder numbers of African penguins over 1996-2005 for Robben Island and the Western Cape as a whole (ASWS/JUL07/PENG/DAT/1, Table 1) reflect annual increase rates of 11.4% and 9.6% respectively.
Butterworth, Doug S, Plagányi, Éva E
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