Morphometric similarities between central and peripheral populations of the European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-24

  Martínez Abraín, Alejandro ^a   Oro, Daniel ^a   Velando, Alberto ^b   Genovart, Meritxell ^a   Gerique, Cati ^c   Bartolomé, Miguel A ^c   Sarzo, Blanca ^c   Villuendas, Elena ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c Centro de Recuperación de Fauna 'La Granja'   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Geographic variation; Morphometrics; Phalacrocorax aristotelis; Prestige; Sexing

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEABIRD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS;

EID: 33846281933     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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