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Research Article

No change in Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) egg size over 160 years

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Pages 142-149 | Received 16 Sep 2019, Accepted 02 Apr 2020, Published online: 06 May 2020

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