Adélie penguins and temperature changes in Antarctica: A long-term view

C D Millar; Sankar Subramanian; T H Heupink; S Swaminathan; C Baroni; D M Lambert

doi:10.1111/j.1749-4877.2012.00288.x

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Adélie penguins and temperature changes in Antarctica: A long-term view

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Adélie penguins and temperature changes in Antarctica: A long-term view

C D Millar, Sankar Subramanian, T H Heupink, S Swaminathan, C Baroni and D M Lambert

Integrative Zoology, Vol.7(2), pp.113-120

2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-4877.2012.00288.x

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Adélie penguins

climate change

global warming

penguin evolution

During the summer months, Adélie penguins represent the dominant biomass of terrestrial Antarctica. Literally millions of individuals nest in ice-free areas around the coast of the continent. Hence, these modern populations of Adélie penguins have often been championed as an ideal biological indicator of ecological and environmental changes that we currently face. In addition, Adélie penguins show an extraordinary record of sub-fossil remains, dating back to the late Pleistocene. At this time, temperatures were much lower than now. Hence, this species offers unique long-term information, at both the genomic and ecological levels, about how a species has responded to climate change over more than 40 000 years. © 2012 ISZS, Blackwell Publishing and IOZ/CAS.

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Title: Adélie penguins and temperature changes in Antarctica: A long-term view
Authors: C D Millar (Author) - University of Auckland, New Zealand
Sankar Subramanian (Author) - Griffith University
T H Heupink (Author) - Griffith University
S Swaminathan (Author) - Environment Protection Training and Research Institute, India
C Baroni (Author) - University of Pisa, Italy
D M Lambert (Author) - Griffith University
Publication details: Integrative Zoology, Vol.7(2), pp.113-120
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Date published: 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2012.00288.x
ISSN: 1749-4877
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450537902621
Output Type: Journal article

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