Plumage polymorphism in a newly colonized black sparrowhawk population: Classification, temporal stability and inheritance patterns

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-67

  Amar, A ^a   Koeslag, A ^a   Curtis, O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Overberg Lowlands Conservation Trust   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Inheritance; Mendelian; Morphs; Pedigree data; Polymorphism; Raptors

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; COLONIZATION; FOUNDER EFFECT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORPHOLOGY; PLUMAGE; POLYMORPHISM; RAPTOR;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER MELANOLEUCUS; ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 84871602317     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2012.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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