A method for determination of gender from bill measurements in Otago blue penguins (Eudyptula minor)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-69

  Hocken, A G ^a   Russell, J J ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bill size; Blue penguin; E. minor; Gender

Indexed keywords

GENDER; SEABIRD; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

NEW ZEALAND;

EUDYPTULA MINOR;

EID: 0036256780     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2002.9518290     Document Type: Article

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