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...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Willener, Astrid S. T., Handrich, Yves, Halsey, Lewis G., Strike, Siobhán
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4757033/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26886216
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147784
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