Fault bars timing and duration: The power of studying feather fault bars and growth bands together

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-101

  Jovani, Roger ^a   Diaz Real, Javier ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DATE (TIME); ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEATHER; MORPHOLOGY; NESTLING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REGENERATION; WADER;

CICONIA CICONIA;

EID: 84860689222     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05583.x     Document Type: Article

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