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Talk presented in September 2026 at the World Seabird Conference in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. 

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References:

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  1. BirdLife International. 2020. Eudyptes chrysocome - The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T22735250A182762377.

  2.  Frugone, M.J., Cole, T.L., López, M.E., Clucas, G., Matos-Maraví, P., Lois, L.A., Pistorius, P., Bonadonna, F., Trathan, P., Polanowski, A., Wienecke, B., Raya-Rey, A., Pütz, K., Steinfurth, A., Bi, K., Wang-Claypool, C.Y., Waters, J.M., Bowie, R.C.K., Poulin, E. and Vianna, J.A.. 2021. Taxonomy based on limited genomic markers may underestimate species diversity of rockhopper penguins and threaten their conservation. Diversity and Distributions, 27, 2277–2296

  3.  Baylis, A.M.M., Wolfaardt, A.C., Crofts, S., Pistorius, P.A. and Ratcliffe, N. 2013. Increasing trend in the number of southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes c. chrysocome) breeding at the Falkland Islands. Polar Biology, 36(7), 1007–1018.

  4.  Recreated using method and data from reports such as Kuepfer, A. and Stanworth, A. 2024. Falkland Islands Seabird Monitoring Programme - Annual report 2023/2024.

  5.  Pütz, K., Raya Rey, A., and Otley, H. 2013. Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome). Pages 113–129 Penguins - Natural history and conservation. University of Washington Press.

  6. Michael J. Behrenfeld, M.J.,  O’Malley, R.T., Siegel, D.A., McClain, C.R., Sarmiento, J.L., Feldman, G.C., Milligan, A.J., Falkowski, P.G., Ricardo M. Letelier R.M. and Boss, E.S. 2006. Climate-driven trends in contemporary ocean productivity. Nature, 444, 752–755.

  7. Dehnhard, N., Eens, M., Demongin, L., Quillfeldt, P., Suri, D. and Poisbleau, M. 2015. Limited individual phenotypic plasticity in the timing of and investment into egg laying in southern rockhopper penguins under climate change. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 524, 269–281.

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Acknowledgments:

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Thank you to Falklands Conservation and their volunteers for the data collection and sharing. Thank you to my supervisors for their support and thank you to Alys Perry and Deon Roos for talking through the methodology and stats. 

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