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Do Seaducks Minimise the Flightless Period?: Inter- and Intra-Specific Comparisons of Remigial Moult

Remigial moult is one of the crucial events in the annual life cycle of waterfowl as it is energetically costly, lasts several weeks, and is a period of high vulnerability due to flightlessness. In waterfowl, remigial moult can be considered as an energy-predation trade-off, meaning that heavier ind...

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Autores principales: Viain, Anouck, Savard, Jean-Pierre L., Gilliland, Scott, Perry, Matthew C., Guillemette, Magella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4176014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25251375
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107929