Remigial molt patterns in north American falconiformes as related to age, sex, breeding status, and life-history strategies

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 823-834

  Pyle, Peter ^a  

^a Institute for Bird Populations   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Breeding status; Falconiformes; Flight efficiency; Molt; Raptors; Staffelm user

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRIDAE; FALCONIDAE; FALCONIFORMES; RAPTORES;

EID: 28144439497     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7598.1     Document Type: Article

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