Use and validation of a molt score index corrected for primary-feather mass

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 372-379

  Dawson, Alistair ^a   Newton, Ian ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FEATHER; INDEX METHOD; MOLT;

AVES; CARDUELIS; CARDUELIS CHLORIS; CHLORIS; CORVIDAE; CORVUS; CORVUS CORONE; PICA; PICA PICA; PYRRHULA; PYRRHULA PYRRHULA; STURNIDAE; STURNUS; STURNUS VULGARIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942599481     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090401     Document Type: Article

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