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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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Autores principales: Klusener, Romy, Hurtado, Renata, Parsons, Nola J., Vanstreels, Ralph Eric Thijl, Stander, Nicola, van der Spuy, Stephen, Ludynia, Katrin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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