A new automated logging gateway to study the demographics of macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) at Bird Island, South Georgia: Testing the reliability of the system using radio telemetry

Polar Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1003-1010

  Green, Chris J ^a   Trathan, Phil N ^a   Preston, Mark ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SEASON; DEMOGRAPHY; SEABIRD; TELEMETRY; TESTING METHOD;

ANTARCTICA; BIRD ISLAND [SOUTH GEORGIA]; SOUTH GEORGIA;

AVES; EUDYPTES CHRYSOLOPHUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33749870894     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0143-4     Document Type: Article

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