• DOI:10.1650/7383
Corpus ID: 5857742

GLOGER'S RULE, FEATHER-DEGRADING BACTERIA, AND COLOR VARIATION AMONG SONG SPARROWS

@inproceedings{Burtt2004GLOGERSRF,
  title={GLOGER'S RULE, FEATHER-DEGRADING BACTERIA, AND COLOR VARIATION AMONG SONG SPARROWS},
  author={E. Burtt and J. M. Ichida},
  year={2004}
}

E. Burtt, J. M. Ichida

Published 2004

Biology

Abstract Feathers tend to be darkly colored in habitats where relative humidity is high and pale where it is low. We suggest that this correlation, known as Gloger's rule, results, in part, from selection for dark feathers that are more resistant than light feathers to bacterial degradation, which is a severe problem in humid habitats where bacteria thrive and a lesser problem in arid habitats. In May and June 2000–2002 we sampled feather-degrading bacteria (Bacillus licheniformis) from the… CONTINUE READING

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