Emerging biological archives can reveal ecological and climatic change in Antarctica

JM Strugnell, HV McGregor, NG Wilson… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic climate change is causing observable changes in Antarctica and the
Southern Ocean including increased air and ocean temperatures, glacial melt leading to sea …

Genome-wide analyses reveal drivers of penguin diversification

JA Vianna, FAN Fernandes… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Penguins are the only extant family of flightless diving birds. They currently comprise at least
18 species, distributed from polar to tropical environments in the Southern Hemisphere. The …

Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey

AA Cabrera, E Schall, M Bérubé… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming is affecting the population dynamics and trophic interactions across a wide
range of ecosystems and habitats. Translating these real‐time effects into their long‐term …

Mitogenomes uncover extinct penguin taxa and reveal island formation as a key driver of speciation

TL Cole, DT Ksepka, KJ Mitchell… - Molecular Biology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The emergence of islands has been linked to spectacular radiations of diverse organisms.
Although penguins spend much of their lives at sea, they rely on land for nesting, and a high …

Population trends of penguins in the French Southern Territories

C Barbraud, K Delord, CA Bost, A Chaigne, C Marteau… - Polar Biology, 2020 - Springer
Penguins are important top consumers in marine food webs and are one of the most
threatened bird families, especially by climate change and food web alterations by marine …

Receding ice drove parallel expansions in Southern Ocean penguins

TL Cole, L Dutoit, N Dussex, T Hart… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Climate shifts are key drivers of ecosystem change. Despite the critical importance of
Antarctica and the Southern Ocean for global climate, the extent of climate-driven ecological …

Adaptation and cryptic pseudogenization in penguin toll-like receptors

SR Fiddaman, M Vinkler, SG Spiro… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Penguins (Sphenisciformes) are an iconic order of flightless, diving seabirds distributed
across a large latitudinal range in the Southern Hemisphere. The extensive area over which …

Genomics detects population structure within and between ocean basins in a circumpolar seabird: the white‐chinned petrel

K Rexer‐Huber, AJ Veale, P Catry, Y Cherel… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Southern Ocean represents a continuous stretch of circumpolar marine habitat,
but the potential physical and ecological drivers of evolutionary genetic differentiation across …

Evolutionary and biogeographical history of penguins (Sphenisciformes): Review of the dispersal patterns and adaptations in a geologic and paleoecological Context

JS Pelegrín, C Acosta Hospitaleche - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite its current low diversity, the penguin clade (Sphenisciformes) is one of the groups of
birds with the most complete fossil record. Likewise, from the evolutionary point of view, it is …

Cryptic speciation in gentoo penguins is driven by geographic isolation and regional marine conditions: Unforeseen vulnerabilities to global change

LR Pertierra, NI Segovia, D Noll… - Diversity and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The conservation of biodiversity is hampered by data deficiencies, with many new
species and subspecies awaiting description or reclassification. Population genomics and …