Relationships among timing of moult, moult duration and feather mass in long-distance migratory passerines

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 609-614

  De La Hera, Iván ^a,b   Pérez Tris, Javier ^a   Tellería, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEATHER; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOLT; PASSERINE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLLOSCOPUS; PHYLLOSCOPUS TROCHILUS; SALIX;

EID: 78649786583     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05075.x     Document Type: Article

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