High juvenile annual survival probabilities in Southern Rockhopper PenguinsEudyptes chrysocomeare independent of individual fledging traits

Juvenile survival is an important demographic parameter. Southern R ockhopper P enguins E udyptes chrysocome have undergone a dramatic population decline in the past century across their distribution, but the demographic processes are poorly understood. To estimate juvenile annual survival probabilities, R ockhopper P enguin chicks from two cohorts on N ew I sland, F alkland I slands, were marked with transponders and recorded in subsequent...