King penguin brooding and defending a sub-Antarctic skua chick

dc.contributor.authorOosthuizen, Wessel Christiaan
dc.contributor.authorDe Bruyn, P.J. Nico
dc.contributor.emailwcoosthuizen@zoology.up.ac.zaen
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T13:38:38Z
dc.date.available2009-05-27T13:38:38Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractInterspecific 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.citationOosthuizen, 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.issn0722-4060
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s00300-008-0566-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/10214
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.rightsSpringer. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.comen
dc.subjectAlloparental careen
dc.subjectAptenodytes patagonicusen
dc.subjectCatharacta antarcticaen
dc.subjectInterspecific adoptionen
dc.subjectMarion Islanden
dc.subject.lcshKing penguinen
dc.subject.lcshParental behavior in animalsen
dc.subject.lcshAnimal behavioren
dc.titleKing penguin brooding and defending a sub-Antarctic skua chicken
dc.typePostprint Articleen

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