Molt, maturation of plumage and ageing in the wandering albatross

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-72

  Prince, P A ^a   Weimerskirch, H ^b   Huin, N ^a   Rodwell, S ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

ageing; Diomedea exulans chionoptera; plumage maturation; primary molt; secondary molt; subantarctic; Wandering Albatross

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHRYSOSTOMA; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA CHRYSOSTOMA; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEA NIGRIPES;

EID: 0030905072     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370224     Document Type: Article

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