From incubation to release: Hand-rearing as a tool for the conservation of the endangered African penguin.

From incubation to release: Hand-rearing as a tool for the conservation of the endangered African penguin.

The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) population is estimated at 25,000 breeding pairs, approximately 5% of that at the start of the 20th century, and the species is currently classified as Endangered. In the last two decades, the hand-rearing of penguin chicks that were abandoned by their paren...

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Main Authors: Romy Klusener, Renata Hurtado, Nola J Parsons, Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels, Nicola Stander, Stephen van der Spuy, Katrin Ludynia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6221267?pdf=render

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