What is the function of first eggs in crested penguins?

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 478-482

  St Clair, Colleen Cassady ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0344043389     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089208     Document Type: Article

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