How much variation in the molt duration of passerines can be explained by the growth rate of tail feathers?

Auk

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 321-329

  De La Hera, Iván ^a,b   Schaper, Sonja V ^b   Díaz, José A ^a   Pérez Tris, Javier ^a   Bensch, Staffan ^c   Tellería, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comparative method; Migration constraints; Molt evolution; Phenotypic diversity analysis programs (PDAP); Phylogenetically independent contrasts

Indexed keywords

AUTECOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; MOLT; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; PLUMAGE; TAIL FEATHER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLLOSCOPUS; PHYLLOSCOPUS TROCHILUS; SALIX;

EID: 79957529759     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2011.10181     Document Type: Article

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