CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses Page 1 Page 2 CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses Second Edition Page 3 Page 4 CRC Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an …
SM Yezerinac, SC Lougheed, P Handford - Systematic Biology, 1992 - academic.oup.com
We estimated measurement error (ME;) associated with 15 skeletal characters in seven species of passerine birds. The total sample variance of the characters, from three …
Discriminant function analysis (DFA) based on morphological measurements is a quick, inexpensive, and efficient method for sex determination in field studies on cryptically …
Ever since Darwin, biologists have debated the relative roles of external and internal drivers of large-scale evolution. The distributions and ecology of living crocodilians are controlled …
T Breuer, MM Robbins, C Boesch - American Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Investigating sexual dimorphism is important for our understanding of its influence on reproductive strategies including male–male competition, mate choice, and sexual conflict …
South American climbing mice and rats, Rhipidomys, occur in forests, plantations and rural dwellings throughout tropical South America. The genus belongs to the thomasomyine …
F Muñoz-Muñoz, D Perpiñán - Annales Zoologici Fennici, 2010 - BioOne
The aim of this study was to compare measurement error (ME) between two different methods of measuring cranial traits: manual method, using calipers; and computerized one …
Background A long-standing view of Indian biodiversity is that while rich in species, there are few endemics or in-situ radiations within the subcontinent. One exception is the Western …