Trade-offs among body mass and primary moult patterns in migrating Black Terns Chlidonias niger

Ardea

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 411-420

  Zenatello, Marco ^a   Serra, Lorenzo ^a,b   Baccetti, Nicola ^a  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chlidonias niger; Feather quality; Migration; Moult pattern; Moult speed

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; MIGRATION; MOLT; SEABIRD; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; CHLIDONIAS; CHLIDONIAS NIGER; LARIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038033770     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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