Assemblage and population-level consequences of forest fragmentation on bilateral asymmetry in tropical montane birds

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-133

  Cuervo, Andrés M ^a,b   Restrepo, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Colombia; Developmental stability; Directional asymmetry; Feathers; Fluctuating asymmetry; Neotropical birds; Tarsus

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; BIRD; FEATHER; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MONTANE FOREST; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION TYPE; TAIL FEATHER;

ANDES; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 34548011451     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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