Penguin response to the Eocene climate and ecosystem change in the northern Antarctic Peninsula region

Polar Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-235

  Jadwiszczak, Piotr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Environmental change; La Meseta formation (Eocene); Penguins; Seymour Island; West Antarctica

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; EOCENE; GLACIATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PALEOCLIMATE; TAXONOMY;

ANTARCTICA; SEYMOUR ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 77956440938     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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