Sexual size dimorphism and assortative mating in the Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-173

  Einoder, Luke D ^a,b   Page, Brad ^a   Goldsworthy, Simon D ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Bill depth; Intercolony variation; Sexing; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY SIZE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; SEABIRD; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES; PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS;

EID: 68049148484     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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