Use of a gel documentation system to measure feather growth bars

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-128

  Shawkey, Matthew D ^a   Beck, Michelle L ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital imaging; House Finch; Nutritional condition; Ptilochronology

Indexed keywords

CARPODACUS MEXICANUS;

EID: 0038054661     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-74.2.125     Document Type: Article

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