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Divergent primary moult—A rare moult sequence among Western Palaearctic passerines

Wing morphology strongly affects flight performance which may consequently decline during feather moult due to the creation of feather gaps in the wing. Hence, the size and shape of moult-related wing gap may directly affect flight capacity. Here I examined the rare divergent primary moult sequence...

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Autor principal: Kiat, Yosef
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5663452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29088288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187282