Pattern of damage to albino great frigatebird flight feathers supports hypothesis of abrasion by airborne particles

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 736-741

  Schreiber, Ralph W ^a   Schreiber, Elizabeth A ^a   Peele, Ashley M ^b   Burtt Jr , Edward H ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albino; Color; Feather wear; Frigatebird; Melanin

Indexed keywords

AVES; FREGATA MINOR; FREGATIDAE;

EID: 33748039082     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[736:PODTAG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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