Two examples showing contradictory results
by using skeletochronology in birds
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| ABSTRACT: Bone sections from two different bird species of known age (Delichon urbica and Alectoris rufa) have been analyzed by skeletochronology. Growth lines appeared in long as well as in flat bones, though only those observed in the ascendent branch of the lower mandible from Delichon urbica seemed to be related with the age of the animal. In the case of Alectoris rufa the number of lines present in bone sections did not always correspond with the age of the animal. These results cast doubts on the inferential value of incremental lines in bird bones for archaeozoological and wildlife management purposes. |
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