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Chinstrap penguin population genetic structure: one or more populations along the Southern Ocean?
BMC evolutionary biology - 13 Jun 2018
Mura-Jornet Isidora, Pimentel Carolina, Dantas Gisele P M, Petry Maria Virginia, González-Acuña Daniel, Barbosa Andrés, Lowther Andrew D, Kovacs Kit M, Poulin Elie, Vianna Juliana A
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BACKGROUND: Historical factors, demography, reproduction and dispersal are crucial in determining the genetic structure of seabirds. In the Antarctic marine environment, penguins are a major component of the avian biomass, dominant predators and important bioindicators of ecological change. Populations of chinstrap penguins have decreased in nearly all their breeding sites, and their range is expanding throughout...
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