The effects of hatching date and parental quality on chick growth and creching age in the Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica): A field experiment

Auk

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-54

  Moreno, Juan ^a   Barbosa, Andrés ^a   Potti, Jaime ^b   Merino, Santiago ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0031019276     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089064     Document Type: Article

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