The primary moult of Curlew Sandpipers Calidris ferruginea in North-western Australia shifts according to breeding success

Ardea

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-51

  Barshep, Yahkat ^a,d   Minton, Clive ^b   Underhill, Les G ^a   Remisiewicz, Magdalena ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b University of Gdańsk ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^d AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI) Jos   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

breeding success; Calidris ferruginea; carry over effect; Curlew Sandpiper; moult onset

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FEATHER; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; MOLT; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WADER;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES; CALIDRIS FERRUGINEA;

EID: 84861717281     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.099.0106     Document Type: Article

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