Shortcomings of Discriminant Functions: A Case Study of Sex Identification in the Black-Headed Gull
The Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus, like many other gulls, has monomorphic plumage, which impedes sex identification in the field. We analysed the size of the hood, eye ring and wing tip and found that putative ornaments did not differ between sexes in this species. We formulated a novel discrim...
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ftbioone:10.13157/arla.66.2.2019.sc1 2024-06-02T08:15:58+00:00 Shortcomings of Discriminant Functions: A Case Study of Sex Identification in the Black-Headed Gull Piotr Indykiewicz Piotr Minias Jarosław Kowalski Patrycja Podlaszczuk Piotr Indykiewicz Piotr Minias Jarosław Kowalski Patrycja Podlaszczuk world 2019-06-07 text/HTML https://doi.org/10.13157/arla.66.2.2019.sc1 en eng Spanish Society of Ornithology doi:10.13157/arla.66.2.2019.sc1 All rights reserved. https://doi.org/10.13157/arla.66.2.2019.sc1 Text 2019 ftbioone https://doi.org/10.13157/arla.66.2.2019.sc1 2024-05-07T01:03:34Z The Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus, like many other gulls, has monomorphic plumage, which impedes sex identification in the field. We analysed the size of the hood, eye ring and wing tip and found that putative ornaments did not differ between sexes in this species. We formulated a novel discriminant function for Black-headed Gulls using morphometric measurements of live individuals (i.e. total head length, bill depth, and the sixth rectrix length), intentionally excluding data from dead birds, which were on average significantly smaller than their living conspecifics. We also tested cross-application of discriminant functions previously developed for Black-headed Gulls, proving that sexing individuals from different populations, even geographic neighbours, based on a single discriminant function risks errors and showing that discriminant functions cannot be treated as a universal tool for sex identification across space and time. —Indykiewicz, P., Minias, P., Kowalski, J. & Podlaszczuk, P. (2019). Shortcomings of discriminant functions: a case study of sex identification in the Black-headed Gull. Ardeola, 66: 361-372. Text Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus BioOne Online Journals Ardeola 66 2 361 |
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The Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus, like many other gulls, has monomorphic plumage, which impedes sex identification in the field. We analysed the size of the hood, eye ring and wing tip and found that putative ornaments did not differ between sexes in this species. We formulated a novel discriminant function for Black-headed Gulls using morphometric measurements of live individuals (i.e. total head length, bill depth, and the sixth rectrix length), intentionally excluding data from dead birds, which were on average significantly smaller than their living conspecifics. We also tested cross-application of discriminant functions previously developed for Black-headed Gulls, proving that sexing individuals from different populations, even geographic neighbours, based on a single discriminant function risks errors and showing that discriminant functions cannot be treated as a universal tool for sex identification across space and time. —Indykiewicz, P., Minias, P., Kowalski, J. & Podlaszczuk, P. (2019). Shortcomings of discriminant functions: a case study of sex identification in the Black-headed Gull. Ardeola, 66: 361-372. |
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Shortcomings of Discriminant Functions: A Case Study of Sex Identification in the Black-Headed Gull |
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