Changes in King Penguin breeding cycle in response to food availability

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 994-997

  Olsson, Olof ^a,b   Brodin, Anders ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antarctica; King Penguin; Life history trade off; Prey abundance; Seabird; State dependent decision

Indexed keywords

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0030777805     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370154     Document Type: Article

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