House sparrows rapid evolution of races in North America

Urban Ecology: An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 315-320

  Johnston, Richard F ^a   Selander, Robert K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body size; coloration; geographic variation; House Sparrow; morphology; rapid evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549086832     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73412-5_19     Document Type: Chapter

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