A technique which may allow accurate determination of the age of adult birds

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: KLOMP, N. I., FURNESS, R. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1992
• Subjects: Fulmar; Catharacta skua; common guillemot; Fulmarus glacialis; Great skua; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1992.tb03806.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1992.tb03806.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1992.tb03806.x

Although many age determination techniques have been developed for four of the five vertebrate classes, none has been developed to determine ages of adult birds. Here we report a technique, involving counting endosteal layers in the tibia, that has allowed us accurately to determine the age (in year...