A discriminant function for predicting sex in the Balearic Shearwater

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-76

  Genovart, Meritxell ^a   McMinn, Miguel ^a,b   Bowler, Diana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b SEO/BirdLife   (Spain)

Author keywords

CHD gene; Discriminant analysis; Morphometrics; Puffinus mauretanicus; Sexual dimorphism; Shearwater

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; SEABIRD; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS MAURETANICUS;

EID: 0038363788     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0072:adffps]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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