Male morphology and nest-site quality in House Sparrows

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 711-719

  Kimball, Rebecca T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE SPARROW; MORPHOLOGY; NEST SITE SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EUROPE;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0031425832     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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