Separating the Tristan Albatross and the Wandering Albatross using morphometric measurements

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 338-344

  Cuthbert, Richard J ^a   Phillips, Richard A ^b   Ryan, Peter G ^c  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diomedea dabbenena; Diomedea exulans; Discriminant analysis; Tristan Albatross; Wandering Albatross

Indexed keywords

MORPHOMETRY; SEABIRD; TAXONOMY;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA ANTIPODENSIS; DIOMEDEA DABBENENA; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; DIOMEDEA GIBSONI;

EID: 0348233985     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0338:STTAAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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