Annual and seasonal variation in the growth rates of young little penguins Eudyptula minor in Western Australia
Four linear measurements and body mass were used to measure the growth of Little Penguin Eudytula minor nestlings on Penguin Island, Western Australia, from 1989 to 1991. In general, beak length and beak depth increasedmore slowly than flipper and tarsus lengths, and body mass increased rapidly. Gro...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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CSIRO Publishing
2000
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Online Access: | https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/17519/ |