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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
Expected Date of Data Release
2016-06-16
Data Version
1
Parent record
None

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    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and split-year breeding season obtained from the published primary and secondary literature and from the researchers' unpublished data.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.

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    Access

    These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -65
    Southernmost:
    -75

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    37
    Easternmost:
    160

    Science Keywords

    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.

    Project

      ISO Topic

      • ENVIRONMENT
      • BIOTA
      • OCEANS

      Dataset Language

      • English

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

      • AMD/AU
      • AMD
      • CEOS

      Publications

      • Southwell, C., Smith, D. and Bender, A. (2009) Incomplete search effort: a potential source of bias in estimates of Adélie penguin breeding populations in the Australian Antarctic Territory., Polar Record, 45, 375-380, doi:10.1017/S00322474409008444
      • Southwell, C., Emmerson, L., Takahashi, A., Kato, A., Barbraud, C., Delord, K. and Weimerskirch, H. (2016) Recent studies over-estimate colonization and extinction events for breeding Adélie penguins., The Auk: Ornithological Advances, 134(1), 39-50, https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-16-125.1

      Metadata Revision History

        2016-06-09 - record created by Dave Connell from a template completed by Colin Southwell. 2016-06-16 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data. 2017-08-31 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates. 2025-09-29 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

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