Multiple mechanisms of reversed hatching asynchrony in rockhopper penguins

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 485-494

  St Clair, Colleen Cassady ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

egg composition; Eudyptes chrysocome; hatching asynchrony; rockhopper penguin

Indexed keywords

REVERSED HATCHING ASYNCHRONY; ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN;

EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME;

EID: 0030304536     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5783     Document Type: Article

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