Brown tawny owls moult more flight feathers than grey ones

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 235-244

  Karell, Patrik ^a,b,c   Brommer, Jon E ^d,e   Ahola, Kari ^f   Karstinen, Teuvo ^g  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f not available   (Finland)

^g not available   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLOR; COLOR MORPH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEATHER; FLIGHT; MELANIN; MOLT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYMORPHISM; PREDATOR; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO;

EID: 84877693859     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05868.x     Document Type: Article

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