INVESTIGADORES
ACOSTA HOSPITALECHE Carolina Ileana Alicia
artículos
Título:
Evaluación de los caracteres del tarsometatarso de los Spheniscidae con fines sistemáticos
Autor/es:
ACOSTA HOSPITALECHE, C. I. A.; GASPARINI, G.
Revista:
ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL
Editorial:
NEOTROPICAL ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC
Referencias:
Año: 2007 vol. 18 p. 277 - 284
ISSN:
1075-4377
Resumen:
Abstract.- Evaluation for systematic purposes of the tarsometatarsal characters in Spheniscidae..- The importance of the tarsometatarsus in the systematic studies of birds, and particularly of penguins, is well established. To determine the diagnostic value of metric characters of the tarsometatarsus, a multivariate analysis was performed using 8 variables measured in 46 adults specimens. The results allowed to distinguish the different morphological patterns in the living and fossil Patagonian penguins, making possible to discriminate which variables are systematically significant.
