Taxonomy of the Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein Revisited with sex-separated analyses of biometrics and wing tip patterns

Zoological Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 881-892

  Jiguet, Frédéric ^a   Capainolo, Peter ^b   Tennyson, Alan ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Multivariate analyses; Subspecies; Wing pattern

Indexed keywords

AVES; LARUS DOMINICANUS;

EID: 84868538508     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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