Timing of moult in male and female Shelducks Tadorna tadorna: Effects of androgens and mates

Ardea

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-39

  Düttmann, Heinz ^a   Dieleman, Steph ^b   Groothuis, Ton G G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VECHTA   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Androgens; Annual cycle; Mates; Moult; Synchronisation; Tadorna tadorna

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MOLT; TESTOSTERONE;

TADORNA TADORNA;

EID: 19244374710     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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