Diet of the King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus during three summers at South Georgia

Ibis

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 504-512

  Olsson, Olof ^a,b   North, A W ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; DIET; KING PENGUIN; OTOLITH ANALYSIS; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANTARCTIA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; CEPHALOPODA; ELECTRONA CARLSBERGI; GALLUS GALLUS; KREFFTICHTHYS ANDERSSONI; MYCTOPHIDAE; NOTOLEPIS; NOTOLEPIS COATSI; PARALEPIS ELONGATA; PROTOMYCTOPHUM CHORIODON; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0030753083     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1997.tb04666.x     Document Type: Article

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