King penguin brooding and defending a sub-Antarctic skua chick

dc.contributor.author	Oosthuizen, Wessel Christiaan
dc.contributor.author	De Bruyn, P.J. Nico
dc.date.accessioned	2009-05-27T13:38:38Z
dc.date.available	2009-05-27T13:38:38Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.description.abstract	Interspecific parental care is rare, conveys no ultimate evolutionary advantage, and is usually attributed to reproductive errors in species with analogous habitat, behaviour and diet. We report on interspecific parental care (brooding and “defence” of unrelated chick) provided by a king penguin to a sub-Antarctic skua chick on Marion Island, despite substantial risk of injury to the penguin due to the presence of the true parents.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Oosthuizen, WC & De Bruyn, P.J.N. 2009, ‘King penguin brooding and defending a sub-Antarctic skua chick’, Polar Biology, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 303-305. [http://www.springer.com/life+sci/ecology/journal/300]	en
dc.identifier.issn	0722-4060
dc.identifier.other	10.1007/s00300-008-0566-1
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/10214
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Springer	en
dc.rights	Springer. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com	en
dc.subject	Alloparental care	en
dc.subject	Aptenodytes patagonicus	en
dc.subject	Catharacta antarctica	en
dc.subject	Interspecific adoption	en
dc.subject	Marion Island	en
dc.subject.lcsh	King penguin	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Parental behavior in animals	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Animal behavior	en
dc.title	King penguin brooding and defending a sub-Antarctic skua chick	en
dc.type	Postprint Article	en