Plumage and sexual maturation in the Great Frigatebird Fregata minor in the Galapagos Islands

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-59

  Valle, Carlos A ^a   De Vries, Tjitte ^b   Hernández, Cecilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Delayed plumage maturation; Frigatebirds; Immature plumage; Moult; Sexual maturation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); MATE ATTRACTION; MOLT; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; FREGATA MINOR; FREGATIDAE;

EID: 33846286138     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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