Biometrics of the birds of paradise (Aves: Paradisaeidae): With observations on variation and sexual dimorphism

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 159-211

  Frith, Clifford B ^a   Frith, Dawn W ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birds of Paradise; Morphometrics; Paradisaeidae; Sexual dimorphism; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000008270     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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