Divorce in king penguins: Asynchrony, expensive fat storing and ideal free mate choice

Oikos

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 574-581

  Olsson, Olof ^a,b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Natural Science Research Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT RESERVE; MATE CHOICE; MONOGAMY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS;

EID: 0032448454     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546684     Document Type: Conference Paper

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