Contour feather moult of Ruffs Philomachus pugnax during northward migration, with notes on homology of nuptial plumages in scolopacid waders

Ibis

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 289-296

  Jukema, Joop ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^b,c  

^a Netherlands Inst Sea Res ^*  (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIGRATORY SPECIES; PLUMAGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WADER;

LIMOSA LAPPONICA; PHILOMACHUS PUGNAX;

EID: 0034107515     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2000.tb04868.x     Document Type: Article

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