Are the ratios of bill crossing morphs in crossbills the result of frequency-dependent selection?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-126

  Benkman, Craig W ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conifer cones; Crossbills; Foraging behaviour; Frequency dependent selection; Loxia; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

LOXIA SPP.; LOXIA;

BILL-CROSSING MORPH; CROSSBILL; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT SELECTION; POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0029668364     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01239352     Document Type: Article

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