The timing, duration and pattern of moult and its relationship to breeding in a population of the European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris

Ibis

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 667-679

  Newton, I ^a   Rothery, P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY MASS; BREEDING SEASON; INCUBATION; MOLT; PASSERINE; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CARDUELIS CHLORIS;

EID: 33745207991     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2005.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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