Evolution on a frozen continent

American Scientist

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 386-393

  Lambert, David ^a   Millar, Craig ^b   Swaminathan, Siva ^c   Baroni, Carlo ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology & Evolution   (New Zealand)

^c Environment Protection Training and Research Institute   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DNA; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; NEST SITE; PLEISTOCENE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; SEASONALITY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS ISLAND;

PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 77956507918     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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