Geographical variation, sex and age in Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris using coloration and morphometrics

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-44

  Dmitrenok, Marina ^a,b   Puglisi, Luca ^c   Demongin, Laurent ^d,e   Gilbert, Gillian ^b   Polak, Marcin ^f   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Belarus)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e Fonderies Royales   (France)

^f MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BIOMETRY; COLOR MORPH; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; SEX DETERMINATION; WADER;

BELARUS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; POLAND; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARDEIDAE; BOTAURUS STELLARIS;

EID: 33846228434     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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