A tale of two tails: asymmetry in Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)

A tale of two tails: asymmetry in Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)

Abstract Background Asymmetry in the wild is a controversial, and to date, unresolved subject. Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) is the developmental instability (intra-individual variation) while, directional asymmetry (DA) expresses the asymmetry of the population mean. Methods We analysed 63 Great Grey...

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Main Authors: Reuven Yosef, Anna Maria Kubicka, Martin Brandsma, Piotr Tryjanowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Avian Research
Subjects:
Lanius excubitor
Ptilochronology
Geometric morphometrics
Fluctuating
Directional asymmetry
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40657-017-0094-1

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