Syringeal anatomy and allometry in murres (Alcidae: Uria)

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 545-554

  Miller, Edward H ^a   Seneviratne, Sampath S ^a   Jones, Ian L ^a   Robertson, Gregory J ^b   Wilhelm, Sabina I ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometry; Anatomy; Sexual dimorphism; Syrinx; Uria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOMETRY; ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NEST; SEABIRD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ALCIDAE; LARIDAE; URIA; URIA AALGE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 52949127903     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0304-z     Document Type: Article

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