Comparing interspecific and intraspecific allometry in the anatidae;Zusammenfassung Vergleich inter- und intraspezifisher Allometrien bei Anatiden

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 321-334

  Green, Andy J ^a   Figuerola, Jordi ^a   King, Roy ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Morphology; Scaling; Tarsus length; Wildfowl; Wing length

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; AVIFAUNA; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION;

EID: 0034891938     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0361.2001.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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