Is Spizella taverneri a species or a subspecies?

Condor

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 418-419

  Mayr, Ernst ^a   Johnson, Ned K ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brewer's Sparrow; Reproductive isolation; Species concepts; Spizella breweri; Spizella taverneri; Taxonomic principles; Timberline Sparrow

Indexed keywords

SPIZELLA BREWERI; SPIZELLA TAVERNERI;

EID: 0035022589     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2001)103[0418:ISTASO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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