Breeding group size, nest position and breeding success in the chinstrap penguin

Polar Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 410-414

  Barbosa, Andres ^a,c   Moreno, Juan ^a   Potti, Jaime ^b   Merino, Santiago ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SUCCESS; CHICK MORTALITY; CHINSTRAP; MORTALITY;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS, DECEPTION ISLAND, VAPOUR COL;

PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0030680919     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050207     Document Type: Article

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