Seed Selection and Handling Ability of Four Species of Darwin's Finches

1975/10/01 by Ian Abbott, L. K. Abbott, Lynette K. Abbott +2 · 46 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Art history #Artificial intelligence #Biology #Charles darwin #Computer science #Darwin (ADL) #Darwinism #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Evolutionary biology #Genealogy #Genetic diversity and population structure #History #Library science #Origin of species #Plant and animal studies #Selection (genetic algorithm)

paper · doi:10.2307/1366230

published in Ornithological Applications 77(3), 332-335 (Oxford University Press)

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Abstract

Ian Abbott, L. K. Abbott, P. R. Grant; Seed Selection and Handling Ability of Four Species of Darwin’s Finches, The Condor: Ornithological Applications, Vo

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