@ARTICLE{Moczydłowski_Eugeniusz_Microclimate_1986, author={Moczydłowski, Eugeniusz}, volume={vol. 7}, number={No 4}, journal={Polish Polar Research}, pages={377-394}, howpublished={online}, year={1986}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Committee on Polar Research}, abstract={The microclimate of the nest-sites of Pygoscelis adeliae, P. antarctica and P. papua was studied from December 1979 to January 1981. The temperature of the ground, air temperature at 0.05 m, 0.35 m ad 2 m and wind velocity at 0.35 m and 2 m above the ground were recorded. The wind velocity in the places chosen by penguins for nesting was lower than at the meteorological station by 22% to 60%. It was proved that in winter the mean monthly ground temperature at the nesting places was lower than that at the meterological station by 6 to 8°C due to the much thinner snow cover. Pygoscelid penguins chose for nesting places of specific microclimate and modified the wind velocity, temperature of the ground and, to a leser extent, the air temperature.}, type={Article}, title={Microclimate of the nest-sites of pygoscelid penguins (Admiralty Bay, South Shetland Islands)}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/111409/PDF-MASTER/1986_4_377-394.pdf}, keywords={Antarctic, penguins, microclimate}, }