Parental role division predicts avian preen wax cycles

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 721-729

  Reneerkens, Jeroen ^a,f   Almeida, Juliana B ^g   Lank, David B ^h   Jukema, Joop ^d   Lanctot, Richard B ⁱ   Morrison, R I Guy ^b,j   Rijpstra, W Irene C ^f   Schamel, Douglas ^k   Schekkerman, Hans ^c,e   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^f   Tomkovich, Pavel S ^l   Tracy, Diane M ^d,k   Tulp, Ingrid ^e   Piersma, Theunis ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d Imares ^*  (Netherlands)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^h SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^j ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^l MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; INCUBATION; OLFACTORY CUE; WAX;

AVES; CALIDRIS FERRUGINEA; MAMMALIA; PHILOMACHUS PUGNAX; SCOLOPACIDAE; TRYNGITES; TRYNGITES SUBRUFICOLLIS;

EID: 35048851042     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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