Sentence examples for bill width from inspiring English sources

The sexes are similar (although adults can be sexed in the hand using a formula involving tarsus length and bill width) but the juvenile has an orange bill and pink legs until its first autumn, and less glossy plumage.

We include bill width in the genetic correlations due to its relatively high heritability that tended to be significant.

Opposite, F. teydea polatzeki and C. aurelioi do not show significant differences in bill width and bill height (Figure 5 and S5).

The h2 of 0.20 of bill width tended towards significance (z = 2.33, P = 0.08) whereas the h2 of 0.05 in bill depth was far from significant (z = 0.60, P = 0.58).

In addition, the following measurements were taken with digital calipers (Fisherbrand, 0.01 mm accuracy): bill length, bill depth, bill width, tarsus length, and length of the outermost primary feather from where it emerged from the skin to its distal tip.

A composite measure of bill size, using a principal components analysis of bill length, bill width, and bill depth [26], revealed that PC1 explained 68.5% of the variation (eigenvalue = 2.05).

Increasing the size overlap between the bill widths and fruit diameters increases the probability of a successful seed dispersal interaction between a bird plant species pair (e.g. Pratt and Stiles 1985; Wheelwright 1985; Jordano 1987; Levey 1987).

Fold the bill width-wise.

However, the bill length, width and depth of Geospiza finches are known to increase more slowly than body mass, tarsus and wing chord [32].

The PC1 axis represents size, with high positive factor loadings for wing, tail and tarsus lengths, and negative values for bill length, width and depth (Table 2).

We also collected data on bill length and width using Vernier callipers accurate to 0.01 mm.