Quantification of Microscopic Feather Characters Used in the Identification of North American Plovers
- 1 February 1997
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Ornithological Applications
- Vol. 99 (1), 47-57
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1370223
Abstract
Variation in microscopic characters of plumulaceous barbs of six species of Charadrius was studied to quantify characters and test differences among taxa. Pluvi...Keywords
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