Seasonal changes in moult, body mass and reproductive condition in siskins Carduelis spinus exposed to daylength regimes simulating different latitudes

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-28

  Newton, Ian ^a   Dawson, Alistair ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BODY MASS; FEATHER; MOLT; PASSERINE; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CARDUELIS SPINUS;

EID: 79952026232     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05249.x     Document Type: Article

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