Physiological condition in magellanic penguins: Does it matter if you have to walk a long way to your nest?

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 696-701

  Walker, Brian G ^a,b   Boersma, P Dee ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Energetic costs of nesting; Magellanic Penguin; Penguin physiology; Spheniscus magellanicus

Indexed keywords

SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 4043087605     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7495     Document Type: Article

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