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Mortality among chicks in the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) colony at Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

John Splettstoesser
John Splettstoesser
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Polar Record , Volume 33 , Issue 184 , January 1997 , pp. 63 - 64
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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