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Chronologically sampled flight feathers permits recognition of individual molt-migrants due to varying protein sources

This is a proof of concept paper based on chronological samples of growing feathers from geese thought to be molt-migrants. When molt-migrant birds initiate molt shortly after migrating to a new isoscape, isotope values measured along the length of their feathers should change continuously. To asses...

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Autores principales: Rohwer, Sievert, Fox, Anthony D., Daniel, Thomas, Kelly, Jeffrey F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4312066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25649835
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.743