Ecogeographic variation in morphology of Red-tailed Hawks in western North America

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 305-312

  Fitzpatrick, Benjamin M ^a   Dunk, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Buteo jamaicensis; Canonical correlation; Evolutionary ecology; Geographic variation; Morphometrics; Red tailed Hawk

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; RAPTOR; SPATIAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

BUTEO JAMAICENSIS;

EID: 0033494879     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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