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Table 1 Morphometric parameters of barn owl's and pigeon's remiges

From: Morphometric characterisation of wing feathers of the barn owl Tyto alba pratincola and the pigeon Columba livia

barn owl

 

p10

p9

p5

p1

s4

s8

length of rachis

[cm]

24.49a +/- 0.58

27.40

21.86; 22.50

17.36

15.41; 17.64

16.55; 15.96

area of outer vane

[cm2]

10.44a +/- 0.65

19.56; 20.11

18.59; 21.15

12.82; 16.78

14.95; 18.82

16.11; 15.85

area of inner vane

[cm2]

52.15a +/- 3.31

62.60; 65.93

48.15; 55.90

30.79; 38.44

34.73; 40.48

35.35; 38.57

AI (area)

 

-0.67

-0.53

-0.45

-0.4

-0.38

-0.4

lserr a/lfr b ov

[mm]

1.8c +/- 0.06

2.03d +/- 0.22

3.62d +/- 0.4

4.33d +/- 0.68

3.29d +/- 0.45

3.21d +/- 0.51

lfr b inner vane

[mm]

3.45d +/- 0.15

3.21d +/- 0.18

1.82d +/- 0.16

1.68d +/-0.2

1.88d +/- 0.28

1.97d +/- 0.3

pigeon

 

p10

p9

p5

p1

s4

s8

length of rachis

[cm]

19.31b +/- 0.21

19.63

16.71

11.62

11.35

10.33

area of outer vane

[cm2]

4.33b +/- 0.11

7.07; 6.67

8.09; 8.69

8.18; 7.82

10.14; 11.72

9.70; 9.62

area of inner vane

[cm2]

17.58b +/- 0.40

19.00; 21.50

17.10; 20.03

11.18; 11.70

11.52; 12.84

9.89; 10.94

AI (area)

 

-0.6

-0.5

-0.38

-0.18

-0.05

-0.04

  1. a mean values with standard error of the mean, N = 5
  2. b mean values with standard error of the mean, N = 8
  3. c mean length of serration with standard error of the mean, N = 16 (p10: N = 40)
  4. d mean length of fringe with standard error of the mean, N = 16 (p10: N = 40)