Estimating the critical body mass of king penguins

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-398

  Halsey, L G ^a,b   Coadic, M Le ^c   Handrich, Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Critical body mass; Fasting; King penguins; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FASTING; MORPHOMETRY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEABIRD;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 38549116785     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0395-7     Document Type: Article

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