Is there any proof of UV-sensitivity and its role in king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)?

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 515-516

  Meyer Rochow, Victor Benno ^a   Shimoyama, Ayu ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 60449104895     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0565-2     Document Type: Note

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