Sexing red-necked grebes podiceps grisegena by molecular techniques and morphology

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 176-180

  Kloskowski, Janusz ^a   Grela, Przemysław ^a   Krogulec, Jarosław ^a   Gaska, Michał ^a   Tchórzewski, Marek ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Discriminant function analysis; Molecular sexing; Podiceps grisegena; Red necked grebe; Sexual size dimorphism; Within pair comparisons

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; DNA; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

AVES; PODICEPS GRISEGENA;

EID: 33846783245     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.041.0203     Document Type: Article

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