Haematocrit values in chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica): Variation with age and reproductive status

Polar Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-16

  Merino, Santiago ^a   Barbosa, Andrés ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0031031718     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050099     Document Type: Article

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