Ecogeographic variation in body size and shape of Cape sparrows (Passer melanurus) in southern Africa

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 279-286

  Slotow, R ^a,c   Goodfriend, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN'S RULE; BODY SIZE; CAPE SPARROW; ECOGEOGRAPHY;

NAMIBIA, NAMIB DESERT;

PASSER MELANURUS;

EID: 0029669152     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05394.x     Document Type: Article

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