Relationships between brood size and parental provisioning performance in chinstrap penguins during the chick guard phase

Polar Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 228-234

  Meyer, William R ^a   Bengtson, John L ^a   Jansen, John K ^a   Russell, Robert W ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; BROOD SIZE; CHINSTRAP PENGUIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; PARENTAL BEHAVIOUR; PROVISIONING PERFORMANCE;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS, SEAL ISLAND;

PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0030621239     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050126     Document Type: Article

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