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Annual molt period and seasonal color variation in the Eared Dove´s crown
Molting is an important process in which old and worn feathers are exchanged for new ones. Plumage color is determined by pigments such as carotenes, melanin and by the ultrastructure of the feather. The importance of plumage coloration has been widely studied in different groups of birds, generally...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9955656/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36827341 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280819 |