Reliability of morphometric measures for determining the sex of adult and fledgling shy albatrosses, Diomedea cauta cauta, in Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-79

  Hedd, April ^a   Gales, Rosemary ^b   Brothers, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; SEABIRD; SEX DETERMINATION;

DIOMEDEA CAUTA;

EID: 0031716169     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR96121     Document Type: Article

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