Inter-annual variability of fledgling sex ratio in king penguins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Bordier, Célia ^a,b   Saraux, Claire ^a,b,c,d   Viblanc, Vincent A ^a,b,e   Gachot Neveu, Hélene ^a,b   Beaugey, Magali ^a,b   Le Maho, Yvon ^a,b,f   Le Bohec, Céline ^a,b,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^e CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^f CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEDGLING; HATCHING; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; BREEDING; CLIMATE; HUMAN; SEASON;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84918537146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114052     Document Type: Article

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