Metadata details
AAS_4088_Adelie_Occupancy
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- Citation
- Southwell, C., Emmerson, L., Takahashi, A., Kato, A., Barbraud, C., Delord, K. and Weimerskirch, H. (2016) Site occupancy by breeding Adélie penguins in East Antarctica, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/57590498D301C, Accessed: 2026-05-24
- Title
- Site occupancy by breeding Adélie penguins in East Antarctica
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/57590498D301C
- Created Date
- 2016-06-09
- Revision Date
- 2025-09-29
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
This dataset collates data on occupancy of geographic sites by breeding Adélie penguins across east Antarctica between 37 degrees E -160 degrees E from the 1950s to the present day. A separate dataset contains a table and maps of geographic sites in East Antarctica where Adélie penguins could potentially breed. This occupancy dataset comprises a table of breeding sites and a table of occupancy observations. The breeding site table has a list of the geographic sites where breeding Adélie penguins have been observed at least once. The table contains for each breeding site, the names used for each site in the literature, the literature sources for those names, the geographic centroid of the breeding location within the geographic site, and any comments to help interpret the breeding site. The occupancy table contains observations of the presence or absence of breeding Adélie penguins at each breeding site and split-year breeding season obtained from the published primary and secondary literature and from the researchers' unpublished data.
These data also include occupancy survey data collected as part of ASAC 2722 - see the related metadata record for more information.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 1950-07-01 - Stop date: 2012-07-01
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ISLANDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL
- EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > BIOSPHERIC INDICATORS > BREEDING PRODUCTIVITY
Additional Keywords
- EAST ANTARCTICA
- ADELIE PENGUINS
- OCCUPANCY
- 4088
Locations
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Platforms
- NOT APPLICABLE
Instruments
- NOT APPLICABLE
Researchers
- southwell, colin (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
- emmerson, louise (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- takahashi, akinori (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- kato, akiko (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- barbraud, christophe (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- delord, karine (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- weimerskirch, henri (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_4088_Adelie_Occupancy when using these data.
