Inexplicable inefficiency of avian molt? Insights from an opportunistically breeding arid-zone species, Lichenostomus penicillatus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Hoye, Bethany J ^a,b   Buttemer, William A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY COST; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEATHER; LICHENOSTOMUS PENICILLATUS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; REST; ANIMAL; DESERT CLIMATE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AVES; LICHENOSTOMUS PENICILLATUS; MELIPHAGIDAE;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIRDS; BREEDING; DESERT CLIMATE; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEATHERS; MOLTING; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79551637610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016230     Document Type: Article

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