Long-term breeding phenology shift in royal penguins

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1563-1571

  Hindell, Mark A ^a   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^b,c   Brook, Barry W ^b   Fordham, Damien A ^b   Kerry, Knowles ^d   Hull, Cindy ^e,g   McMahon, Clive R ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g Hydro Tasmania Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Egg laying date; Global warming; Reproduction; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871434182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.281     Document Type: Article

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