Sex-Based Differences in Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) Chick Growth Rates and Diet
Sexually size-dimorphic species must show some difference between the sexes in growth rate and/or length of growing period. Such differences in growth parameters can cause the sexes to be impacted by environmental variability in different ways, and understanding these differences allows a better und...
Published in: | PLOS ONE |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
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Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4775033/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26934698 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149090 |