Absence of haematozoa in a wild chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica population

Polar Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-228

  Merino, S ^a,c   Barbosa, A ^b   Moreno, J ^b   Potti, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYGOSCELIS;

EID: 0030862084     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050181     Document Type: Article

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