Melanin-based feather colour and moulting latitude in a migratory songbird

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1009-1014

  Ryan Norris, D ^a   Kleven, Oddmund ^b   Johnsen, Arild ^b   Kurt Kyser, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COLOR MORPH; FEATHER; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; MATE CHOICE; MELANIN; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOLT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL; SONGBIRD; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERI;

EID: 70349911730     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01690.x     Document Type: Article

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