Plumage, size, and sexual dimorphism in the Queen Charlotte Islands Hairy Woodpecker

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 86-95

  Miller, Edward H ^a   Walters, Eric L ^b   Ouellet, Henri ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hairy Woodpecker; Island biology; Pacific Northwest; Picoides villosus; Queen Charlotte Islands; Sexual dimorphism; Vancouver Island

Indexed keywords

PICOIDES VILLOSUS;

EID: 0033015869     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370449     Document Type: Article

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