Investigation of interacting effects of female age, laying dates, and egg size in yellow-eyed Penguins (Megadyptes antipodes)

Auk

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1137-1141

  Massaro, Melanie ^a   Darby, John T ^a   Davis, Lloyd S ^a   Edge, Kerri Anne ^b   Hazel, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c Sinclair Wetlands   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; EGG SIZE; LAYING DATE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEABIRD;

MEGADYPTES ANTIPODES; SPHENISCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036824175     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090244     Document Type: Article

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