Population trend and breeding biology of gentoo penguin in Martillo Island, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina

Waterbirds

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 625-631

  Ghys, Mariela Inés ^a,b   Rey, Andrea Raya ^b   Schiavini, Adrián ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beagle Channel; Breeding Biology; breeding population; Gentoo Penguins; Pygoscelis papua

Indexed keywords

PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84868029709     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695-31.4.625     Document Type: Article

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