Influence of parental body size on sea-to-nest distances and food provisioning in Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor)

Emu

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-243

  Miyazaki, Masamine ^a   Waas, Joseph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEST SITE; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

AVES; EUDYPTULA MINOR; SPHENISCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242307232     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU02038     Document Type: Article

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