The effect of urbanisation on avian morphology and latitudinal gradients in body size

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-259

  Evans, Karl L ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Sharp, Stuart P ^a,b   McGowan, Andrew ^a,c   Hatchwell, Ben J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; COLONIZATION; MIGRATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SIZE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

AVES; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 58849155058     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17092.x     Document Type: Article

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