Demographic characteristics of the Adélie penguin population on Béchervaise Island after 12 years of study

CCAMLR Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2003, Pages 53-74

  Clarke, J ^a   Emmerson, L M ^a   Townsend, A ^a   Kerry, K R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ad lie penguin; CCAMLR; CEMP; Demography; Fecundity; Life tables; Population growth; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0346973458     PISSN: 10234063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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