Research paper
A Jack of All Trades - Tawaki/Fiordland penguins are able to utilise diverse marine habitats during winter migration
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- A Jack of All Trades - Tawaki/Fiordland penguins are able to utilise diverse marine habitats during winter migration
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Migration and non-breeding movements are common across animal groups and are often driven by seasonal changes in habitat conditions. This behaviour is prevalent in crested penguins (Eudyptes sp.), which have evolved in and still primarily inhabit the subantarctic regions of the Southern Hemisphere. These species migrate outside the reproductive phase due to the limited year-round productivity around the breeding sites. Tawaki/Fiordland penguins (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) are unusual in that the...
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- Date created
- 2025-07-10
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- Mattern, Thomas / Pütz, Klemens / Borboroglu, Pablo Garcia / Ellenberg, Ursula / Houston, David M. / Lüthi, Bernhard / Seddon, Philip J.
- URL
- https://hdl.handle.net/10523/47058
- Related subjects
- Fiordland penguin / New Zealand / Penguins / Satellite tracking / Tawaki / Telemetry / Winter migration
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