Prolonged and flexible primary moult overlaps extensively with breeding in beach-nesting Hooded Plovers Thinornis rubricollis

Ibis

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 840-849

  Rogers, Ken G ^a   Rogers, Danny I ^b   Weston, Michael A ^c  

^a Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research ^*  (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding; Feather replacement; Moult sequence; Moult timing; Nest failure; Plasticity; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; BREEDING SEASON; FEATHER; LIFE CYCLE; MOLT; NESTING; REPLACEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WADER;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES; CHARADRIIDAE; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; THINORNIS RUBRICOLLIS;

EID: 85027933854     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12184     Document Type: Article

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