Geographic Size Variation in Birds and Its Relationship to Climate

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• Publication year

  1970

• Venue

  Ecology

• Publication date

  1970-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.2307/1935374
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