The reproductive endocrinology of Fiordland Crested Penguins Eudyptes pachyrhynchus

Emu

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-131

  McQueen, Shirley M ^a   Davis, Lloyd S ^a   Young, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

EUDYPTES PACHYRHYNCHUS;

EID: 0031800805     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU98013     Document Type: Article

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