Temperature inside nest boxes of little penguins

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 177-182

  Ropert Coudert, Yan ^a,c,d   Cannell, Belinda ^b,e,f,g   Kato, Akiko ^a,g,h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c French Antarctic Station   (France)

^d Japanese Polar Institute   (Japan)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g University of Murdoch ^*

^h HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breeding; Chick; Eudyptula minor; Hyperthermia; Little penguin; Nest boxes; Temperature; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; DESIGN; NESTING; OCCUPATION; TEMPERATURE;

EUDYPTULA; EUDYPTULA MINOR; GALLUS GALLUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 2142640499     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[177:TINBOL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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