Premature feather loss among common tern chicks in Ontario: the return of an enigmatic developmental anomaly

In July 2014, we observed premature feather loss (PFL) among non-sibling, common tern Sterna hirundo chicks between two and four weeks of age at Gull Island in northern Lake Ontario, Canada. Rarely observed in wild birds, to our knowledge PFL has not been recorded in terns since 1974, despite the su...

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Autores principales: Arnold, Jennifer M., Tyerman, Donald J., Crump, Doug, Williams, Kim L., Oswald, Stephen A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2016
Materias:
Ecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4878365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27231646
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1959

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4878365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27231646
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1959

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