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Short Note: Southerly breeding in gentoo penguins for the eastern Antarctic Peninsula: further evidence for unprecedented climate-change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2010

James B. McClintock*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-1170, USA
Patricia Silva-Rodriguez
Affiliation:
Grupo Vertebrados, Departamento Biologia, Funes 3250, B7602 AYJ, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina
William R. Fraser
Affiliation:
Polar Oceans Research Group, Sheridan, MT 59749, USA

Abstract

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Biological Sciences
Copyright
Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2010

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