Why do Aptenodytes penguins have high divorce rates?

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 504-512

  Bried, Joël ^a   Jiguet, Frédéric ^a   Jouventin, Pierre ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD;

APTENODYTES FOSTERI; APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS;

EID: 0032916795     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089382     Document Type: Article

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