Allometry and phenotypic variation in the morphometrics of Puffinus shearwaters

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-57

  Haywood, John ^a   Bull, Leigh S ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b BOFFA MISKELL LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allometric regression; Coefficient of (residual) variation; Morphologic variation; Puffinus shearwaters; Testing for allometry

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; DIMORPHISM; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SEABIRD;

COWBONE RIDGE VIRUS; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS;

EID: 50449097462     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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