Pollution, habitat loss, fishing, and climate change as critical threats to penguins

PN Trathan, P García‐Borboroglu… - Conservation …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Cumulative human impacts across the world's oceans are considerable. We therefore
examined a single model taxonomic group, the penguins (Spheniscidae), to explore how …

Happy feet in a hostile world? The future of penguins depends on proactive management of current and expected threats

Y Ropert-Coudert, A Chiaradia, D Ainley… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Penguins face a wide range of threats. Most observed population changes have been
negative and have happened over the last 60 years. Today, populations of 11 penguin …

Environmental change, resilience, and adaptation in nature-based tourism: Conceptualizing the social-ecological resilience of birdwatching tour operations

D Kutzner - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Resilience theory has emerged as a holistic concept well suited to analyzing tourism
systems and which promises important insights into the sustainability of tourism destinations …

Environmental variability drives shifts in the foraging behaviour and reproductive success of an inshore seabird

ND Kowalczyk, RD Reina, TJ Preston, A Chiaradia - Oecologia, 2015 - Springer
Marine animals forage in areas that aggregate prey to maximize their energy intake.
However, these foraging 'hot spots' experience environmental variability, which can …

Species in the faeces: DNA metabarcoding as a method to determine the diet of the endangered yellow-eyed penguin

MJ Young, L Dutoit, F Robertson, Y van Heezik… - Wildlife …, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
Context. Diet variability is a significant driver of seabird decline; however, data on seabird
diet composition and trends have been affected by changes in precision and resolution …

A toolkit to study seabird–fishery interactions

T Le Bot, A Lescroël, D Grémillet - ICES Journal of Marine …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Seabirds and fisheries have been interacting from ancient times, sometimes with mutual
benefits: Seabirds provided fishermen with visual cues of fish aggregations, and also fed …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying climate change impacts emphasises the importance of managing regional threats in the endangered Yellow-eyed penguin

T Mattern, S Meyer, U Ellenberg, DM Houston… - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
Climate change is a global issue with effects that are difficult to manage at a regional scale.
Yet more often than not climate factors are just some of multiple stressors affecting species …

Radiocarbon-dating and ancient DNA reveal rapid replacement of extinct prehistoric penguins

NJ Rawlence, GLW Perry, IWG Smith… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Prehistoric faunal extinctions dramatically reshaped biological assemblages around the
world. However, the timing of such biotic shifts is often obscured by the fragmentary nature …

High definition video loggers provide new insights into behaviour, physiology, and the oceanic habitat of a marine predator, the yellow-eyed penguin

T Mattern, MD McPherson, U Ellenberg, Y van Heezik… - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
Camera loggers are increasingly used to examine behavioural aspects of free-ranging
animals. However, often video loggers are deployed with a focus on specific behavioural …

Habitat selection and influence on hunting success in female Australian fur seals

SN Bartes, J Monk, C Jenkins, MA Hindell, DP Costa… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Determining the factors influencing habitat selection and hunting success in top predators is
crucial for understanding how these species may respond to environmental changes. For …