Discovery of new colonies by Sentinel2 reveals good and bad news for emperor penguins

Abstract The distribution of emperor penguins is circumpolar, with 54 colony locations currently reported of which 50 are currently extant as of 2019. Here we report on eight newly discovered colonies and confirm the rediscovery of three breeding sites, only previously reported in the era before Ver...

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Main Authors: Peter T. Fretwell, Philip N. Trathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-06-01
Series:Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.176