Keel and tarsus length may provide a good predictor of avian body size

Ardea

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 269-274

  Senar, J C ^a   Pascual, J ^a  

^a Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body size; Keel length; Principal component analysis; Serinus serinus

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; KEEL LENGTH; TARSUS LENGTH;

EID: 0031406359     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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