The timing and pattern of moult of flight feathers of European storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus in Atlantic and Mediterranean breeding areas

Ardeola

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 365-373

  Arroyo, Beatriz ^a,d   Mínguez, Eduardo ^b   Palomares, Luis ^c   Pinilla, Jesús ^c,e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Dpto Biología Aplicada   (Spain)

^c Centro de Migración de Aves SEO BirdLife   (Spain)

^d Spanish Migration Centre ^*

^e NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic; European Storm petrel; Hydrobates pelagicus; Mediterranean; Moult; Phenology

Indexed keywords

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; HYDROBATES PELAGICUS; HYDROBATINAE;

EID: 18844454050     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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