Sexual dimorphism in bill morphology and feeding ecology in Cory's shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)

Zoology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-138

  Navarro, Joan ^a   Kaliontzopoulou, Antigoni ^a,b   González Solís, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Foraging segregation; Geometric morphometrics; Natural selection; Pelagic seabirds; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAK; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BEAK; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISHES; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

AVES; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA;

EID: 59749085217     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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