Sex determination of iberian azure-winged magpies cyanopica cyanus cooki by discriminant analysis of external measurements

Ringing and Migration

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 211-216

  Alarcos, Susana ^a   De La Cruz, Carlos ^a   Solís, Elena ^a   Valencia, Juliana ^a   García Baquero, María Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; CYANOPICA CYANUS; CYANOPICA CYANUS COOKI;

EID: 37049021984     PISSN: 03078698     EISSN: 21598355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2007.9674366     Document Type: Article

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