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First comprehensive abundance survey of a newly discovered Adélie penguin breeding metapopulation in the Robinson Group of islands, Mac.Robertson Land, East Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2013

Colin Southwell ,
Matthew Low ,
Kym Newbery  and
Louise Emmerson
Colin Southwell*
Affiliation:
Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, 203 Channel Highway, Kingston, TAS, 7050 Australia
Matthew Low
Affiliation:
Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, 203 Channel Highway, Kingston, TAS, 7050 Australia Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7044, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
Kym Newbery
Affiliation:
Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, 203 Channel Highway, Kingston, TAS, 7050 Australia
Louise Emmerson
Affiliation:
Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, 203 Channel Highway, Kingston, TAS, 7050 Australia
*
[email protected]
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Biological Sciences
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Antarctic Science , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , June 2014 , pp. 265 - 266
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Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2013 

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