The growth bars on tail feathers in the male Styan's Grasshopper Warbler may indicate quality

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 319-325

  Takaki, Yoshihide ^a   Eguchi, Kazuhiro ^a   Nagata, Hisashi ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; GROWTH RATE; PASSERINE;

LOCUSTELLA; LOCUSTELLA NAEVIA; LOCUSTELLA PLESKEI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0035706571     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2001.320405.x     Document Type: Article

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