Methods for ageing and sexing the Black-eared Miner, Manorina melanotis, and the Yellow-throated Miner, M. flavigula

Emu

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 339-344

  Clarke, Rohan H ^a   Boulton, Rebecca L ^a   Ewen, John G ^a   Moysey, Emma ^a   Clarke, Michael F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; PASSERINE; SEX DETERMINATION;

MANORINA; MANORINA FLAVIGULA; MELANOTIS; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036915027     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU01041     Document Type: Article

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