Sex-dependent response of primary moult to simulated time constraints in the rock sparrow Petronia petronia

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-335

  Serra, Lorenzo ^a   Pirrello, Simone ^a   Licheri, Davide ^a   Griggio, Matteo ^b,c   Pilastro, Andrea ^b  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FEATHER; FITNESS; MOLT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PHOTOPERIOD; PLUMAGE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AVES; PASSERIDAE; PETRONIA PETRONIA;

EID: 77954172555     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04930.x     Document Type: Article

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