White Wagtails Motacilla alba showing extensive post-juvenile moult are more stressed

Ardea

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-244

  López, Guillermo ^a   Figuerola, Jordi ^a   Varo, Nico ^a   Soriguer, Ramón ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

H L; Heterophil; Lymphocyte; Partial moult; Stress; Wagtail

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOLT; PASSERINE;

MOTACILLA ALBA;

EID: 33644615774     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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