Acute bottlenecks to the survival of juvenile Pygoscelis penguins

This data set contains a zipped file with 8 individual .csv files used to support the analysis of survival bottlenecks presented by Hinke et al.(2020), "Acute bottlenecks to the survival of juvenile Pygoscelis penguins occur immediately after fledging". Data include geographical position estimates from satellite telemetry studies on Adélie (Pygoscelis adeliae), chinstrap (P. antarctica), and gentoo (P. papua) penguins tracked from the Antarctic peninsula region, carcass counts from ship and beach surveys in the study region, fledgling weights, and battery voltage data from telemetry tags.

Multiple datasets are provided. Telemetry data is raw ARGOS data collected from Sirtrak Kiwisat K2G-72A transmitters on Adelie, gentoo, and chinstrap fledlging penguins. Summarized data on cumulative losses of tags from adult birds dervie from Wildlife Computers Spot-275 transmitters. Historical raw data collected by field researchers include fledgling weights and counts of penguin carcass observed at sea and on beaches. Fledgling weights are were collected with spring scales immediatley prior to first departure of fledgling penguins from their natal colony (Adelie and chinstrap) or at a standard age of 85-days after hatch (gentoo). At-sea carcass observations were collected during standard seabird surveys while underway during daylight hours. Beach-cast carcasses of fledgling chinstraps were counted one week after the fledging period at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island. Recruitment data are based from mark-recapture data and represent proportional returns of individuals from marked cohorts, as updated from a prior report (doi: 10.1007/s00442-007-0781-4)