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The rise and fall of an ancient Adélie penguin ‘supercolony’ at Cape Adare, Antarctica

We report new discoveries and radiocarbon dates on active and abandoned Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colonies at Cape Adare, Antarctica. This colony, first established at approximately 2000 BP (calendar years before present, i.e. 1950), is currently the largest for this species with approxima...

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Autores principales: Emslie, Steven D., McKenzie, Ashley, Patterson, William P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5936921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29765656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172032