Timing of postjuvenal molt in African (Saxicola torquata axillaris) and European (Saxicola torquata rubicola) stonechats: Effects of genetic and environmental factors

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 589-603

  Helm, Barbara ^a   Gwinner, Eberhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETICS; MOLT; PASSERINE;

AFRICA; EUROPE;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PASSERIFORMES; SAXICOLA; SAXICOLA TORQUATA; SAXICOLA TORQUATA AXILLARIS; SAXICOLA TORQUATA RUBICOLA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032839895     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089321     Document Type: Article

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