Influence of biological and ecological factors on hematological values in wild Little Penguins, Eudyptula minor

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-339

  Sergent, N ^a,b   Rogers, T ^b,c   Cunningham, M ^b  

^a LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NSW 2088   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health; Hematology; Little Penguin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIRD; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; HEMATOLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; THROMBOCYTE;

AVES; EUDYPTULA; EUDYPTULA MINOR; PANTHERA LEO; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 4143132130     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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