Dark color of the coastal plain swamp sparrow (Melospiza Georgiana Nigrescens) may be an evolutionary response to occurrence and abundance of salt-tolerant feather-degrading bacilli in its plumage

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 531-535

  Peele, Ashley M ^a,c   Burtt Jr , Edward H ^a   Schroeder, Max R ^a   Greenberg, Russell S ^b  

^a OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacilli; Color; Feather degrading bacteria; Melospiza georgiana; Swamp sparrow

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL ZONE; COLOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALTMARSH; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WADER;

DELAWARE ESTUARY; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA; MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA GEORGIANA; MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA NIGRESCENS; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 67749148848     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.08142     Document Type: Article

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