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Older birds have better feathers: A longitudinal study on the long-distance migratory Sand Martin, Riparia riparia

Feather quality is of critical importance to long-distance migratory birds. Here, we report a series of analyses of a unique data set encompassing known-age individuals of the long-distance migratory Sand Martin (Riparia riparia). Sampling over 17 years along the Tisza River, eastern Hungary, has re...

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Autores principales: Szép, Tibor, Dobránszky, János, Møller, Anders Pape, Dyke, Gareth, Lendvai, Ádám Z.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6319700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30608973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209737