Use of TLC-FID and GC-MS/FID to examine the effects of migratory state, diet and captivity on preen wax composition in White-throated Sparrows Zonotrichia albicollis

Ibis

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 782-792

  Thomas, Raymond H ^a   Price, Edwin R ^a   Seewagen, Chad L ^a   Mackenzie, Stuart A ^b   Bernards, Mark A ^a   Guglielmo, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Long Point Bird Observatory   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird; Feathers; Flight; Monoesters; Thin layer chromatography; Uropygial gland

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CAPTIVITY; DIET; FLIGHT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLUMAGE; SONGBIRD; TOLUENE;

AVES; SESAMUM INDICUM; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 77956572433     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01050.x     Document Type: Article

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