From abstract:
“Using a 40-year dataset on free-ranging Magellanic penguins, we find evidence of both positively and negatively correlated behavioural plasticities. Plasticity did not strongly affect lifetime reproductive success, but its effect on interannual performance varied significantly by environmental context: plasticity reduced success in average oceanic conditions, increased success in anomalously productive conditions and, contrary to expectation, did not buffer against anomalously unproductive conditions.”
Authors: Erik Johansson, P. Dee Boersma, Timothy Jones, Briana Abrahms
Journal: Ecology Letters
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14473
Photo credit: Erik Johansson
