Background matching and evolution of cryptic colours of selected passerines in deciduous woodlands

Lundiana

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-59

  Bursell, Jens ^a   Dyck, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Background colour; Blue Tit Parus caeruleus; Crypsis; Great Tit Parus major; Marsh Tit Parus palustris; Nuthatch Sitta europaea; Plumage colour; Treecreeper Certhia familiaris

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CRYPSIS; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; WOODLAND;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER NISUS; AEGITHALOS; AEGITHALOS CAUDATUS; AVES; BRYOPHYTA; CERTHIA; CERTHIA FAMILIARIS; CRYPSIS; FAGUS; PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR; PARUS PALUSTRIS; PASSERIFORMES; SITTA; SITTA EUROPAEA;

EID: 0442328592     PISSN: 16766180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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