Contrasting bottom-up effects of warming ocean on two king penguin populations.

ABSTRACT: Breeding success is often correlated with climate, but the underlying bottom-up mechanisms remain elusive-particularly in marine environments. Consequently, conservation plans of many species often consider climate change as a unilateral threat, ignoring that even nearby populations can show contradicting trends with climate. Better understanding the relationship between climate and environment at different scales can help us interpret local differences in population trends, ultimately providing better tools to evaluate the global response of a species to threats such as global warming. We studied a growing king penguin population nesting at Kerguelen island (Southern Indian Ocean), hosting one of the largest colonies in the world. We used a unique dataset of foraging, breeding success, an

SUBMITTER: Brisson-Curadeau E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10099393 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature