New southerly breeding location of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on Elephant Island (Maritime Antarctic)

Polar Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 603-606

  Petry, Maria Virginia ^a   Basler, Aparecida Brusamarello ^a   Valls, Fernanda Caminha Leal ^a   Krüger, Lucas ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biogeographic range shift; Breeding site; Elephant Island; New record; Sphenisciformes

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; NEW RECORD; RANGE EXPANSION; SEABIRD; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; ELEPHANT ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCIFORMES;

EID: 84874950873     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1277-1     Document Type: Article

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