Temporary shift of body size in hooded crows Corvus corone cornix of NW Italy

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 379-384

  Acquarone, Camilla ^a   Cucco, Marco ^a   Malacarne, Giorgio ^a   Silvano, Fabrizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Alessandria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body size fluctuation; Corvus corone cornix; Hooded crow; Severe climate

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EVOLUTION; PASSERINE; SELECTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS; CORVUS CORONE; CORVUS CORONE CORNIX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 13444301586     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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