Bill size in relation to position in the colony in the chinstrap penguin

Waterbirds

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 34-38

  Mínguez, Eduardo ^a,c   Belliure, Josabel ^a,d   Ferrer, Miguel ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c Delegación Terr de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bill size; Chinstrap Penguin; Coloniality; Nest position; Pygoscelis antarctica

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL BREEDING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORPHOLOGY; NEST SITE; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA; DECEPTION ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0343395801     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1522240     Document Type: Article

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