Determining sex of South Island saddlebacks (Philesturnus carunculatus carunculatus) using discriminant function analysis

Notornis

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 61-64

  Taylor, Sabrina ^a   Jamieson, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discriminant function analysis; Philesturnus carunculatus; Sex determination; South Island saddleback; Ulva Island

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; ULVA ISLAND;

AVES; CREADION CARUNCULATUS; ULVA;

EID: 45449094641     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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