Contour-feather moult of Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica baueri) in New Zealand and the northern hemisphere reveals multiple strategies by sex and breeding region

Emu

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 330-340

  Conklin, Jesse R ^a   Battley, Phil F ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; MOLT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLUMAGE; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; STOPOVER; TRADE-OFF; WADER;

ALASKA; ASIA; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82955240549     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU11011     Document Type: Article

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