Allometric influence on phenotypic variation in the Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 427-454

  Smith, Julia I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Holy Names College   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Clinal variation; Environmental plasticity; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944452233     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb02158.x     Document Type: Article

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