Clutch abandonment: A state-dependent decision in King Penguins

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 264-267

  Olsson, Olof ^a,b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0030821323     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3676979     Document Type: Article

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