Polymorphic flight-feather molt sequence in Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata): A rare phenomenon in birds

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-45

  Thompson, Christopher W ^a,b   Kitaysky, Alexander S ^b,c  

^a WA Department of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLT; POLYMORPHISM; SEABIRD;

AVES; FRATERCULA; FRATERCULA CIRRHATA; LARIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 1242288128     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090053     Document Type: Article

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