The Adélie Penguin : : Bellwether of Climate Change / / David Ainley.
The Adélie penguin is one of the best-studied birds in the world and is the subject of research programs from a dozen nations interested in monitoring changes in the environment and the food webs of the Southern Ocean. This species' population has been changing dramatically over the past few de...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2002] ©2002 |
Year of Publication: | 2002 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (416 p.) :; 73 line drawings, 24 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Outline of the Present Volume
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Marine Ecology
- Chapter 3. Breeding Populations
- Chapter 4. The Annual Cycle
- Chapter 5. The Occupation Period
- Chapter 6. The Reoccupation Period
- Chapter 7. Predation
- Chapter 8. Demography
- Chapter 9. The Bellwether of Climate Change
- Literature Cited
- Index