Univariate Metrics Are Not Adequate to Measure Avian Body Size

In the literature on avian contests and energetics, a single external measure is frequently used to represent overall body size. In an attempt to assess the quality of information available in such external measurements of birds, we measured internal and external elements from museum skeletal plus f...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Auk 1990-01, Vol.107 (1), p.69-74
Hauptverfasser:	Freeman, Scott, Jackson, Wendy M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal wings Animal, plant and microbial ecology Average linear density Beak Biological and medical sciences Body size Bones Datasets Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects. Techniques Principal components analysis Sample size Sparrows Tarsus
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