Morphological sexing of passerines: Not valid over larger geographical scales

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 449-458

  Ellrich, Heike ^a   Salewski, Volker ^a   Fiedler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Morphology; Passerines; PCR; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION;

GERMANY;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLLOSCOPUS; PHYLLOSCOPUS TROCHILUS; SALIX; SYLVIA BORIN;

EID: 77951879624     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0478-z     Document Type: Article

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