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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2016
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| 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 |