Constraints on patterns of covariation: A case study in strigid owls

Oikos

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 381-389

  Cartron, Jean Luc E ^a   Kelly, Jeffrey F ^a   Brown, James H ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; LATITUDE; RAPTOR;

EID: 0033849821     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.900219.x     Document Type: Article

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