Song variation and the structure of local song dialects in the polygynandrous Smith's Longspur

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1587-1594

  Briskie, James V ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; PASSERINE; SONG;

CANADA; CHURCHILL; MANITOBA;

CALCARIUS PICTUS;

EID: 0033492109     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-134     Document Type: Article

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