Variation in plumage coloration of Northern Cardinals in urbanizing landscapes

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 326-333

  Jones, Todd M ^a   Rodewald, Amanda D ^a   Shustack, Daniel P ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING POPULATION; CAROTENOID; FEATHER; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORPHOMETRY; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; RIPARIAN FOREST; RURAL LANDSCAPE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CARDINALIS; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS;

EID: 77952501621     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/09-082.1     Document Type: Article

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