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- Title
Estimating Ages of House Wren Nestlings Based on Body Mass, Wing Chord Length, and Feather Tract Development Patterns.
- Authors
Brown, William P.; Alexander, Anne L.; Alexander, Dwayne A.; Zuefler, Marion E.; Underwood, Todd J.
- Abstract
The article presents a study which investigates the evaluates the accuracy using growth patterns and nestling measurements to assess nestling age or to compare assessments among workers with different experience levels. The study gathers wing chord length observations and body mass daily from 109 marked House Wren. Results show that overall accuracy of age estimates is low for both inexperienced and experienced participants.
- Subjects
BABY birds; HOUSE wren; ORNITHOLOGY; WINGS (Anatomy); ACCURACY
- Publication
North American Bird Bander, 2011, Vol 36, Issue 3, p101
- ISSN
0363-8979
- Publication type
Article