Comparison of the skull of Brown Skua (Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi) and South Polar Skua (Catharacta maccormicki): differentiation source identification and discriminant analysis

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Kass, Nicolás Ariel, Montalti, Diego, Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: Antarctica; Catharacta Antarctica; Catharacta Maccormicki; Discriminant Analysis; Geometric Morphometry; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentino; Argentina; Alicia; Acosta; Antarc*; Brown Skua; Catharacta maccormicki; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/81691

Many contributions try to emphasize the similarities and differences between the Brown Skua Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi¸ and the South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki. Most of the morphological information of these species is based on field observation and referred to their external appearance...