Sexing monochromatic birds in the field: Cryptic sexual size dimorphism in Buff-breasted wrens (Thryothorus leucotis)

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 409-418

  Gill, Sharon A ^a,b   Vonhof, Maarten J ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Body size; Buff breasted wren; Panama; Sexing technique; Sexual size dimorphism; Thryothorus leucotis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749248199     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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