Long-term population changes of Adelie, chinstrap, and gentoo penguins in the regions of SSSI No. 8 and SSSI No. 34, King George Island, Antarctica

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 355-365

  Ciaputa, Piotr ^a   Sierakowski, Kazimierz ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Census; King George Island; Penguins

Indexed keywords

MARINE MAMMAL; NEST SITE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033364874     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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