ESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF PRE- AND INTERMITTENT BREEDERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BÉCHERVAISE ISLAND ADÉLIE PENGUIN POPULATION

The size of two of the inaccessible (non-breeding) components of the Adélie penguin population associated with the Béchervaise Island breeding population is estimated over the past decade using a series of mark-recapture analyses and some simple population modelling techniques.