Can migrating Tengmalm's Owls Aegolius funereus be reliably sexed in autumn using simple morphometric measurements?

Ringing and Migration

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 201-204

  Hipkiss, Tim ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Nature Conservation Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MORPHOMETRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

AEGOLIUS FUNEREUS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 37049013316     PISSN: 03078698     EISSN: 21598355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2007.9674364     Document Type: Article

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