Biometrics, sexing criteria, age-structure and moult of Sooty Oystercatchers in south-eastern and north-western Australia

Emu

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-33

  Hansen, Birgita D ^a   Minton, Clive D T ^b   Jessop, Rosalind ^c   Collins, Peter ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Phillip Island Nature Park ^*  (Australia)

^c Phillip Island Nature Park   (Australia)

^d Broome Bird Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Haematopus longirostris; Moult duration; Pied Oystercatcher; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MOLT; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSPECIES; SURVIVAL; WADER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AVES; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS FULIGINOSUS; HAEMATOPUS LONGIROSTRIS;

EID: 62249172166     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU07045     Document Type: Article

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