Skua and penguin : predator and prey / Euan Young.

Call Number	598.253
Author	Young, Euan, author.
Title	Skua and penguin : predator and prey / Euan Young. Skua & Penguin
Physical Description	1 online resource (xvi, 452 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series	Studies in polar research
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents	1. Introduction -- 2. The study area: Ross Island and the Cape Bird penguin colonies -- 3. The range of foods available to the skuas at Cape Bird during the breeding season -- 4. The biomass of penguin eggs and chicks on the Northern Colony -- 5. Factors of penguin breeding biology that constrain or assist skua predation of eggs and chicks -- 6. Description of scavenging and predatory behaviour of skuas and the defensive behaviour of penguins -- 7. The diversity and intensity of skua foraging behaviour on the penguin colony -- 8. The amount of food taken by the skuas from the penguin colony -- 9. The costs and returns of foraging at the colony and at sea -- 10. Immediate impact of the skuas on penguin breeding -- 11. Appreciating the penguins: is it worth living with the penguins and do skuas appreciate the advantage? -- 12. Associating together: the longer-term implications -- 13. Synthesis.
Summary	Areas of barren rock and scree around the edge of Antarctica provide a breeding ground for two of the continent's most well-known species of bird: the south polar skua and the Adélie penguin. This book considers the relationship between these two species, taking as its study site Ross Island. Through detailed observations of the foraging ecology of the skua, the traditional view that skuas are totally dependent on penguin eggs and chicks for food is challenged. In addition, studies of the impact of skuas on penguin breeding and the extent to which the skua breeding cycle is functionally related to that of the penguin provide further evidence to suggest that the two species occur together independently as a consequence of limited breeding space, rather than as a result of a distinct predator-prey relationship.
Subject	South Polar skua. Adélie penguin Antarctica Ross Island (Ross Sea) Predation (Biology)
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511565311

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Summary	Areas of barren rock and scree around the edge of Antarctica provide a breeding ground for two of the continent's most well-known species of bird: the south polar skua and the Adélie penguin. This book considers the relationship between these two species, taking as its study site Ross Island. Through detailed observations of the foraging ecology of the skua, the traditional view that skuas are totally dependent on penguin eggs and chicks for food is challenged. In addition, studies of the impact of skuas on penguin breeding and the extent to which the skua breeding cycle is functionally related to that of the penguin provide further evidence to suggest that the two species occur together independently as a consequence of limited breeding space, rather than as a result of a distinct predator-prey relationship.
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents	1. Introduction -- 2. The study area: Ross Island and the Cape Bird penguin colonies -- 3. The range of foods available to the skuas at Cape Bird during the breeding season -- 4. The biomass of penguin eggs and chicks on the Northern Colony -- 5. Factors of penguin breeding biology that constrain or assist skua predation of eggs and chicks -- 6. Description of scavenging and predatory behaviour of skuas and the defensive behaviour of penguins -- 7. The diversity and intensity of skua foraging behaviour on the penguin colony -- 8. The amount of food taken by the skuas from the penguin colony -- 9. The costs and returns of foraging at the colony and at sea -- 10. Immediate impact of the skuas on penguin breeding -- 11. Appreciating the penguins: is it worth living with the penguins and do skuas appreciate the advantage? -- 12. Associating together: the longer-term implications -- 13. Synthesis.
Subject	South Polar skua. Adélie penguin Antarctica Ross Island (Ross Sea) Predation (Biology)
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511565311