Seasonal effects of timing and reproduction in the King Penguin: A unique breeding cycle

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-14

  Olsson, Olof ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KING PENGUIN; REPRODUCTION;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH GEORGIA;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS;

EID: 0029663957     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3676955     Document Type: Article

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