Relating demographic performance to breeding-site location in the King Penguin

Condor

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-87

  Descamps, Sébastien ^a   Le Bohec, Céline ^a   Le Maho, Yvon ^a   Gendner, Jean Paul ^a   Gauthier Clerc, Michel ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Aptenodytes patagonicus; Breeding success; Breeding site selection; Individual quality; King Penguin; Survival

Indexed keywords

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; IXODIDA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 67650245995     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.080066     Document Type: Article

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