Morphometrics and Body Condition Index of Eurasian Collared-Dove and Mourning Dove in Durango, Mexico
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53905#.VNsH6CzQrzE Author(s) Manuel Armando Salazar-Borunda 1 , José Hugo Martínez-Guerrero 2* , Martín Emilio Pereda-Solís 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Student of Master Program MICAF-UJED, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Durango, México . 2 Cuerpo Académico de Fauna Silvestre, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Durango, México . ABSTRACT <span "="">In order to incorporate the knowledge of two species of wild doves and compare the results of both, we assessed morphometrics (body weight, bill, tarsus, tail, wing, head and culmen length) and body condition index (using weigh, wing, tail and tarsus length) of Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto and Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura (Aves: Columbidae) based on 40 specimens of each spe...