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Behaviour and breeding success of gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua in areas of low and high human activity

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This study was financially and logistically supported by an Australian Antarctic Scientific Advisory Committee grant, with ethics approval from the Australian Antarctic Animal Ethics Committee and the University of Tasmania Animal Ethics Committee. Macquarie Island access permits were issued by the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service, and scientific permits were issued by the Nature Conservation Branch of the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (DPIWE). Aleks Terauds (DPIWE) generously provided advice and giant petrel distribution data. Geographic data for maps were supplied by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre. We gratefully appreciate assistance by Martin Schulz and other members of the 54th ANARE to Macquarie Island. We gratefully appreciate Lea Taddonio for continued support and thank Glen McPherson for statistical advice, and Richard Coleman and two anonymous referees for providing comments on the manuscript. This study was also financially supported by Birds Australia, the School of Geography & Environmental Studies University of Tasmania, the Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism and the Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund.

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  1. School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 78, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia

    Nick D. Holmes & Lorne K. Kriwoken

  2. Human Impacts Research Programme, Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, Kingston, Tasmania, 7050, Australia

    Nick D. Holmes & Melissa Giese

  3. Antarctic Marine Living Resources, Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, Kingston, Tasmania, 7050, Australia

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  4. Nature Conservation Branch, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, GPO Box 44, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia

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Holmes, N.D., Giese, M., Achurch, H. et al. Behaviour and breeding success of gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua in areas of low and high human activity. Polar Biol 29, 399–412 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0070-9

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