House Sparrows Passer domesticus with larger uropygial glands show reduced feather wear

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 195-198

  Moreno Rueda, Gregorio ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Feather degradation; Feather wear

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FEATHER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 78650157663     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01082.x     Document Type: Article

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