The Adélie Penguin

The Adélie Penguin has been the subject of much research since the early 1960s. The penguin population has been changing dramatically over the past few decades, coincident with a warming of the oceans of Antarctica, making the Adélie a predictive indicator of global warming. Here, Ainley summarises the present ecological knowledge of this species: its biology, behaviour, and ecology within the Antarctic ecosystem; the ecological factors important to its life history; and details of the mechanisms by which it is responding and attempting to adapt to climate change.