Morphometric indices for sexing adult Royal Eudyptes schlegeli and Rockhopper E. chrysocome Penguins at Macquarie Island

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 23-27

  Hull, Cindy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTECOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; SEABIRD; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0030561955     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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