Signals of local bioclimate-driven ecomorphological changes in wild birds.

ABSTRACT: Across disciplines-biological, ecological, evolutionary, or environmental-researchers increasingly recognize the importance and the need for cost-effective, non-invasive techniques for in-situ morphological measurements of organisms in diverse research contexts. By applying a non-invasive technique using digital images taken under field conditions, we successfully measured the body sizes of wild Painted Storks (Mycteria leucocephala) in two different biogeographic regions of India, spatially separated by 20° of latitude. We have used the wild Painted Storks as model species for measuring their morphometrics using a non-invasive technique that could easily be applied to similar species, rare, endemic, colonial, aquatic, and even those with cultural taboos. Our results satisfactorily classif

SUBMITTER: Mahendiran M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9515120 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature