Using biometric measurements to predict the gender of Chilean flamingos Phoenicopterus chilensis at Dublin Zoo

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 189-194

  Phillips, P ^a   McDermott, L ^a  

^a Dublin Zoo   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Chilean flamingo; Gender prediction; Tarsus length

Indexed keywords

AVES; PHOENICOPTERUS CHILENSIS;

EID: 84860237439     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2011.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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