Using color to define species boundaries: Quantitative analysis in the Orchard Oriole complex supports the recognition of two species

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 692-697

  Kiere, Lynna M ^a   Hofmann, Christopher M ^a   Tracy, Ian E ^a   Cronin, Thomas W ^a   Leips, Jeff ^a   Omland, Kevin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuertes's Oriole; Icterus spurius fuertesi; Icterus spurius spurius; Orchard Oriole; Plumage coloration; Reflectance spectrometry; Species boundaries

Indexed keywords

ICTERUS SPURIUS; ICTERUS SPURIUS FUERTESI; ICTERUS SPURIUS SPURIUS;

EID: 34548444048     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/8203.1     Document Type: Article

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