Inter-colony and inter-annual behavioural plasticity in the foraging strategies of a fjord-dwelling penguin—good news in the face of environmental change?

The Fiordland penguin or tawaki (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) breeds in the complex fjord systems of New Zealand/Aotearoa’s southwest, with penguin colonies distributed from fjord entrances to fjord heads, up to 40 km from the ocean. Until recently, little was known about the marine ecology of fjord-bree...

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Main Authors: Myrene Otis, Thomas Mattern, Ursula Ellenberg, Robin Long, Pablo Garcia Borboroglu, Philip J. Seddon, Yolanda van Heezik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2025-07-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/19650.pdf
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