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Fat King Penguins Are Less Steady on Their Feet
Returning to the shore after a feeding sojourn at sea, king penguins often undertake a relatively long terrestrial journey to the breeding colony carrying a heavy, mostly frontal, accumulation of fat along with food in the stomach for chick-provisioning. There they must survive a fasting period of u...
Autores principales: | Willener, Astrid S. T., Handrich, Yves, Halsey, Lewis G., Strike, Siobhán |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4757033/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26886216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147784 |
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