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From incubation to release: Hand-rearing as a tool for the conservation of the endangered African penguin
The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) population is estimated at 25,000 breeding pairs, approximately 5% of that at the start of the 20th century, and the species is currently classified as Endangered. In the last two decades, the hand-rearing of penguin chicks that were abandoned by their paren...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6221267/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30403662 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205126 |