Seasonal dimorphism in the horny bills of sparrows

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 389-398

  Greenberg, Russell ^a   Etterson, Matthew ^b   Danner, Raymond M ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bill size; Bird beaks; Emberizidae; Rhamphotheca; Salt marsh birds; Sexual selection; Tidal marsh birds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880725940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.474     Document Type: Article

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