Sexing of adult Gentoo Penguins in Antarctica using morphometrics

Waterbirds

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 444-449

  Renner, Martin ^a   Valencia, José ^b   Davis, Lloyd S ^a   Saez, Daniel ^b   Cifuentes, Orlando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Discriminant function analysis; Morphometrics; Pygoscelis papua ellsworthi; Sexing; South Shetland Islands

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; SEABIRD; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANTARCTICA;

PYGOSCELIS PAPUA;

EID: 0032300362     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521659     Document Type: Article

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