A new application for transponders in studying penguins

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 138-142

  Gendner, Jean Paul ^a   Gauthier Clerc, Michel ^a,b   Le Bohec, Celine ^a   Descamps, Sebastien ^a   Le Maho, Yvon ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Aptenodytes patagonicus; Demographic parameters; King Penguin; Survival; Transponders

Indexed keywords

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 18044372464     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-76.2.138     Document Type: Article

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