Patterns of size variation in the shearwater genus Puffinus

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-39

  Bull, Leigh S ^a,b   Bell, Ben D ^a   Pledger, Shirley ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Geographic variation; Interspecific variation; Morphology; Puffinus spp.; Sexual size dimorphism; Shearwaters

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; SEABIRD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SIZE;

CICONIIFORMES; PUFFINUS;

EID: 33344456742     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: 10183337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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