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    Sexing chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) by morphological measurments

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    Número de documento:
    WG-CEMP-94/25
    Autor(es):
    Jaun A. Amat, Javier Viñuela and Miguel Ferrer (Spain)
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    We applied discriminant analysis to morphometric data from Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) to obtain a function that can be used to predict sex. The function correctly classified 95% of 55 individuals. Bill depth was the most important discriminating variable, with males having deeper bills.