Using biometric measurements to determine gender of Flesh-footed Shearwaters, and their application as a tool in long-line by-catch management and ecological field studies

Emu

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-238

  Thalmann, Sam ^a   Baker, G Barry ^a,b   Hindell, Mark ^a   Double, Michael C ^b   Gales, Rosemary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; BYCATCH; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GENDER; MORPHOMETRY; SEABIRD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TUNA FISHERY;

AVES; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS CARNEIPES; SCOMBRIDAE; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 34548497882     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU07002     Document Type: Article

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