Discovery of the first emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri colony in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-60

  Lea, Mary Anne ^a   Soper, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Gerston Point   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW RECORD; RANGE EXPANSION; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA;

APTENODYTES FORSTERI; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33344456199     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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