Test of an adaptive hypothesis for egg speckling along an elevational gradient in a population of mexican jays aphelocoma ultramarina

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 448-452

  Berg, Elena C ^a   McCormack, John E ^a   Smith, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG; EGGSHELL; ELEVATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PASSERINE; SOIL QUALITY;

COAHUILA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA DEL CARMEN;

APHELOCOMA ULTRAMARINA; AVES; CORVIDAE;

EID: 67749145808     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04632.x     Document Type: Article

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