Increase of feather quality during moult: A possible implication of feather deformities in the evolution of partial moult in the great tit Parus major

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 471-478

  Pap, Péter L ^a   Barta, Zoltán ^b   Tökölyi, Jácint ^b   Vágási, István Csongor ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; MOLT; NATURAL SELECTION; ONTOGENY; SONGBIRD; WING MORPHOLOGY;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 34347342675     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.03958.x     Document Type: Article

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