Causal and functional correlates of brood amalgamation in the chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica: Parental decision and adult aggressiveness

Polar Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 538-544

  Penteriani, Vincenzo ^a   Viñuela, Javier ^b   Belliure, Josabel ^c   Bustamante, Javier ^a   Ferrer, Miguel ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; BROOD DESERTION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SEABIRD;

AVES; PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0042068114     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0517-9     Document Type: Article

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