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A Quantitative Analysis of Flight Feather Replacement in the Moustached Tree Swift Hemiprocne mystacea, a Tropical Aerial Forager
The functional life span of feathers is always much less than the potential life span of birds, so feathers must be renewed regularly. But feather renewal entails important energetic, time and performance costs that must be integrated into the annual cycle. Across species the time required to replac...
Autores principales: | Rohwer, Sievert, Wang, Luan-Keng |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2904382/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20644642 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011586 |
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