Sexually dimorphic body plumage in juvenile Crossbills

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 390-393

  Edelaar, Pim ^a,b,c,f   Phillips, Ron E ^d   Knops, Peter ^e  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Yetholm   (United Kingdom)

^e Univ of Arizona ^*  (Netherlands)

^f University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; MOLT; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES; LOXIA; LOXIA CURVIROSTRA; LOXIA SCOTICA; PANURUS BIARMICUS; PASSERI;

EID: 29344469338     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/04-082.1     Document Type: Article

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