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Studies in Avian Biology - Number 23

Geographic Variation in Size and Shape of Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis)

James D. Rising


1 Abstract
2 Introduction
4 Materials and methods
10 Results
10 Non-saltmarsh savannah sparrows
10 Univariate analyses of size
12 Principal components analysis
14 Discriminant functions analysis
16 Correlations between environmental variables and size
20 Canonical correlations and redundancy analysis
21 Saltmarsh savannah sparrows
21 Males
30 Females
32 Discussion
35 Conclusions
35 Taxonomic comments
36 Eastern savannah sparrows
37 Western savannah sparrows
38 Saltmarsh savannah sparrows
39 Acknowledgments
39 Literature cited
42 Appendix 1-measurements and sample statistics for males
54 Appendix 2-measurements and sample statistics for females
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