Color differences among closely related species of red-breasted meadowlarks (Sturnella)

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 605-616

  Benites, Pilar ^a   Tubaro, Pablo L ^a   Lijtmaer, Darío A ^a   Lougheed, Stephen C ^b   Eaton, Muir D ^c  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Male plumage; Meadowlarks; Reflectance; Spectrophotometry; Sturnella; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

AVES; STURNELLA; STURNELLA DEFILIPPII; STURNELLA LOYCA; STURNELLA SUPERCILIARIS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 34548438855     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/8195.1     Document Type: Article

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