Plumage and body size differentiation in Blue-winged teal and Cinnamon teal

Avian Biology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-116

  Wilson, Robert E ^a   Eaton, Muir D ^b   McCracken, Kevin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue winged Teal; Cinnamon Teal; Morphology; Plumage divergence; Species identification

Indexed keywords

ANAS CYANOPTERA SEPTENTRIONALIUM; ANAS DISCORS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; BEAK; BODY SIZE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; DUCK; FEATHER; FEMALE; FORELIMB; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANAS; ANAS CYANOPTERA; ANAS DISCORS; AVES;

EID: 84864384353     PISSN: 17581559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/175815512X13350025801205     Document Type: Article

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