A quantitative analysis of flight feather replacement in the moustached tree swift Hemiprocne mystacea, a tropical aerial forager

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Rohwer, Sievert ^a   Wang, Luan Keng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; FEMALE; FLIGHT FEATHER REPLACEMENT; FORAGER; GROWTH RATE; HEMIPROCNE MYSTACEA; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANIMAL; BIRD; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; HEMIPROCNE MYSTACEA; HEMIPROCNIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEATHERS; MOLTING;

EID: 77955392201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011586     Document Type: Article

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