Great tits (Parus major) reduce body mass in response to wing area reduction: A field experiment

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 725-727

  Senar, Joan Carles ^a   Domènech, Jordi ^a   Uribe, Francesc ^a  

^a Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body mass; Flight performance; Great tits; Molt; Parus major; Wing area; Wing loading

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WING MORPHOLOGY;

AVES; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0036863972     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.6.725     Document Type: Article

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