Fertile House Sparrow X Tree Sparrow (Passer domesticus X Passer montanus) hybrids?

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 102-104

  Solberg, Erling Johan ^a   Ringsby, Thor Harald ^b   Altwegg, Andreas ^c   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fertility; Small populations; Viability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING; FERTILITY; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; MATING SYSTEM; NORWAY; SURVIVAL;

FERTILITY; HYBRID; ISOLATED POPULATION; PASSERINE; VIABILITY;

NORWAY;

PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSER MONTANUS;

EID: 0034006191     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0361.2000.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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