Consequences of an alien shrub on the plumage coloration and ecology of Cedar Waxwings

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 735-743

  Witmer, Mark C ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; BOMBYCILLA CEDRORUM; BOMBYCILLIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LONICERA MORROWII; PIERIDAE;

EID: 0030457908     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088853     Document Type: Article

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