Sex discrimination and measurement bias in Northern Fulmars Fulmarus glacialis from the Canadian Arctic

Ardea

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-36

  Mallory, Mark L ^a,b   Forbes, Mark R ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Canada; Fulmarus glacialis; Sex discriminant analysis

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; PLUMAGE; SEABIRD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

FULMARUS GLACIALIS;

EID: 28644434552     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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