Sex determination of Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis calurus) using DNA analysis and morphometrics

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-79

  Donohue, Kara C ^a   Dufty Jr , Alfred M ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buteo jamaicensis; Discriminant function analysis; DNA analysis; Red tailed Hawk; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

AVES; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS CALURUS;

EID: 33746862207     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2006.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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