Can endocranial volume be estimated accurately fromexternal skull measurements in great-tailed grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus)?

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Volumn 2015, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Logan, Corina J ^a,b   Palmstrom, Christin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bead method; Bird; Endocranial volume; Great tailed grackle; Quiscalus mexicanus; Skull measurements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GREAT TAILED GRACKLE; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; QUISCALUS MEXICANUS; SKULL LENGTH;

EID: 84945199181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1000     Document Type: Article

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