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Further evidence of king penguins’ breeding range extension at the South Shetland Islands?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2013

Mariana A. Juáres*
Affiliation:
Departamento Biología de Predadores Tope, Instituto Antártico Argentino, Balcarce 290, C1064AAF, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Javier Negrete
Affiliation:
Departamento Biología de Predadores Tope, Instituto Antártico Argentino, Balcarce 290, C1064AAF, Buenos Aires, Argentina Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Av. Rivadavia 1917, C1033AAJ, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jorge A. Mennucci
Affiliation:
Departamento Biología de Predadores Tope, Instituto Antártico Argentino, Balcarce 290, C1064AAF, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pablo J. Perchivale
Affiliation:
Departamento Biología de Predadores Tope, Instituto Antártico Argentino, Balcarce 290, C1064AAF, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mercedes Santos
Affiliation:
Departamento Biología de Predadores Tope, Instituto Antártico Argentino, Balcarce 290, C1064AAF, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Eugenia Moreira
Affiliation:
Departamento Biología de Predadores Tope, Instituto Antártico Argentino, Balcarce 290, C1064AAF, Buenos Aires, Argentina Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Av. Rivadavia 1917, C1033AAJ, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Néstor R. Coria
Affiliation:
Departamento Biología de Predadores Tope, Instituto Antártico Argentino, Balcarce 290, C1064AAF, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract

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Biological Sciences
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Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2013 

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