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Russell Greenberg and Brian Olsen. 2010. Bill size and dimorphism in tidal-marsh sparrows: island-like processes in a continental habitat. Ecology 91:2428–2436.

Appendix D. Mean, sample size and standard deviation with reference source for body mass values used in this study.

TABLE D1. Mean and standard deviation of body mass of sparrow taxa used in the study with sources of information.
 

Taxa

Type1

Male Mean g (SD, N)

Female Mean g (SD, N)

Study Location

Source

Green-tailed Towhee

3

29.0 (1.4, 17)

29.4 (2.0, 18)

Utah

Birds of North America accounts (BNA)

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

3

19.3 (1.5, 59)

18.3 (1.3, 39)

Range-wide

Dunning 2006

Field Sparrow

3

13.2 (0.8, 23)

13.0 (0.7, 17)

New York

BNA

Vesper Sparrow

3

26.5 ( na, 28)

24.9 ( na, 15)

Michigan

BNA

Lark Sparrow

3

30.1 (na, 12)

30.7 (na, 8)

Kansas

BNA

Black-Throated  Sparrow

3

13.6 (0.9, 32)

13.6 (1.4. 10)

Arizona

BNA

Lark Bunting

3

39.6 (na)

36.4 (na)

Saskatchewan

BNA

Savannah Sparrow (P. s. nevadensis)

2

17.2 (0.9, 11)

16.2 (1.1, 10)

Nevada/California

MVZ

Savannah Sparrow (P. s. beldingi)

1

19.1 (0.8, 8)

17.0  (0.83, 6)

Southern California

Williams  and Nagey 1985; Williams and Dwinnel 1990

Grasshopper Sparrow

3

17.23 (24)

17.57 (30)

Maryland

D. Gill (personal communication)

Leconte’s Sparrow

2

13.0 (1.0, 59)

13.2 (1.4, 31)

North Dakota

BNA

Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow (A. n. nelson)

2

14.8 (0.8. 14)

13.9 (1.0, 7)

North Dakota

BNA

Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow (A.n. subvirgatus)

1

18.0 (1.22, 80)

17.7 (0.72, 35)

Quebec

BNA

Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow

1

20.1 (1.0, 33)

17.2 (1.5, 14)

New York/New Jersey

Dunning 2006

Seaside Sparrow

1

24.3 (1.4, 33)

22.2 (1.6, 14)

New York

BNA

Fox Sparrow

3

32.5 (3.7, 24)

31.2 (5.6, 33)

California

MVZ

Song Sparrow (M. m. melodia)

2

20.5  (1.1, 50)

19.5 (1.3) 120)

Pennsylvania

Dunning 2006

Song Sparrow (M. m gouldii)

2

19.1 (1.2, 345)

18.3 (1.8, 193)

California

Point Reyes Bird Observatory (Unpubl., Museum of Vertebrate Zoology data base (MVZ)

Song Sparrow (M. m. samuelis)

1

18.2 (1.0, 202)

18.2 (1.5, 74)

SF Bay

Point Reyes Bird Observatory (personal communication), Yvonne Chan (personal communication), MVZ

Song Sparrow (M. m. pusillula)

1

19.03 (1.15, 48)

18.8 (1.29, 45)

SF Bay

J.C. Nordby (personal communication)

Song Sparrow (M. m maxillaris)

1

19.6 (1.3, 109)

19.5 (1.6, 41)

SF Bay

PRBO; Y. Chan, MVZ

Lincoln’s Sparrow

3

19.0 (2.2., 19)

(18.6, 4.1, 9)

Newfoundland

BNA account

Swamp Sparrow (M. g. georgiana)

2

18.0 (1.0, 35)

16.6 (0.8, 35)

Maryland

B. Olsen (personal communication)

Swamp Sparrow (M. g. nigrescens)

1

18.1 (1.1, 35)

16.7 (0.8, 35)

Delaware

B. Olsen (personal communication)

Dark-eyed Junco

3

20.4 (1.2, 28)

18.8 (0.8, 9)

Pennsylvania

Dunning 2006

Chestnut-collared Longspur

3

20.3

20.2

Saskatchewan

BNA

1 Type 1 = tidal marsh, Type 2 = tidal marsh related, Type 3 = outgroup


LITERATURE CITED

Dunning, J. B. 2006. Avian Biomasses. Second Edition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

Williams, J. B., and B. Dwinnel. 1990. Field metabolism of free-living female savannah sparrows during incubation: A study using doubly-labelled water. Physiol. Zool 63:353–373.

Williams, J. B., and K. A. Nagey. 1984. Daily energy of savannah sparrows: Comparison of time-energy budgets and doubly-labelled water estimates. Auk 101:221–229.
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