Effects of human activity on Gentoo penguins on Macquarie Island

This project empirically measures the effects of human activity on the behaviour and reproductive success of Gentoo penguins on Macquarie Island. This was achieved by 1) collecting behavioural responses of individual penguins exposed to pedestrian approaches across the breeding stages of guard, creche and moult, and 2) collecting reproductive success data (chicks raised to creche age per nesting pair) for gentoo penguins colonies in areas of high and low human activity. Information produced includes minimum approach guidelines.As of April 2003 all data are stored on Hi-8 digital tape, due to be transformed during 2003 - 2004 into a timecoded tab-delimited text format for analysis using the Observer (Noldus Information Technology 2002).This work was carried out as part of ASAC project 1148 (ASAC_1148).The fields in this dataset are:SampleDateBreeding PhaseStimulus TypeColonyFocal birds tape numberWide angle tape numberLocation within colonyWeatherTimeWindspeedTemperaturePrecipitationCloudPre-approach controlApproachPost-approach controlMaximum approach distance

本项目以实证方式评估人类活动对麦夸里岛（Macquarie Island）巴布亚企鹅（Gentoo penguins）行为与繁殖成功率的影响。本研究通过两项工作完成相关评估：1）收集处于护雏期、育雏期与换羽期各繁殖阶段的个体企鹅在行人接近时的行为反应；2）收集高、低人类活动区域内巴布亚企鹅繁殖群的繁殖成功率数据（每繁殖配对企鹅育至育雏期的雏鸟数量）。本数据集产出包含最低接近距离指南。截至2003年4月，所有数据均存储于Hi-8数字录像带中，计划于2003-2004年间转换为带时间码的制表符分隔文本格式，以供《观察者》（Observer，Noldus信息技术公司2002）软件开展分析使用。本研究为ASAC项目1148（ASAC_1148）的一部分。本数据集包含以下字段：采样日期、繁殖阶段、刺激类型、繁殖群、目标企鹅录像带编号、广角录像带编号、繁殖群内位置、天气状况、观测时间、风速、气温、降水、云量、接近前对照、接近过程、接近后对照、最大接近距离。