Comparative study of the effects of the late pack-ice break-off on chinstrap and Adélie penguins' diet and reproductive success at Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-48

  Rombolá, Emilce ^a   Marschoff, Enrique ^a   Coria, Néstor ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ICE COVER; PACK ICE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANTARCTICA; LAURIE ISLAND; SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS;

AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; GALLUS GALLUS; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICA; SPHENISCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038039242     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-002-0444-1     Document Type: Article

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