The flight feather moult pattern of the bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus). [PDF]
, 2016 Moult is an extremely time-consuming and energy-demanding task for large birds. In addition, there is a trade-off between the time devoted to moulting and that invested in other activities such as breeding and/or territory exploration. Moreover, it takes
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Validating the use of intrinsic markers in body feathers to identify inter-individual differences in non-breeding areas of northern fulmars [PDF]
, 2016 Acknowledgments We thank Claire Deacon, Gareth Norton and Andrea Raab for help with laboratory work at the University of Aberdeen, and Barry Thornton and Gillian Martin for running stable isotope analysis at the James Hutton Institute.
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Using field photography to study avian moult [PDF]
, 2017 Methods to obtain moult data from wild birds have not changed much over the last century and most studies still depend on checking museum specimens or capturing birds.
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2020 Background Metamorphosis remains one of the most complicated and poorly understood processes in insects. This is particularly so for the very dynamic transformations that take place within the pupal sheath of holometabolous insects.
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Flight feather moult in Western Marsh Harriers during autumn migration
Avian Research, 2019 Background Most of long-distance migratory raptors suspend moult during migration but detailed information is patchy for most of the Palearctic species.
Juan Ramírez, Michele Panuccio
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Determinants and constraints of feather growth.
PLoS ONE, 2020 During the periodic moult of the plumage of birds, a fast regrowth of feathers would shorten the time of reduced plumage functionality. However, it has long been known that feather growth-rate is limited and that long feathers take disproportionally ...
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Beak colour dynamically signals changes in fasting status and parasite loads in king penguins [PDF]
, 2016 This research was funded by the French Polar Institute (IPEV–Research Program 119) and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS-INEE). Field logistic support was provided by Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises. Q.S.
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The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) as a measure of spider fear, avoidance and approach [PDF]
, 2016 The current study examined the use of the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) as a measure of spider fear, approach, and avoidance. Participants were drawn from a normative sample of university undergraduates.
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2016 Key facets of the foraging ecology of seabirds during the inter-breeding period still remain poorly understood because of the difficulty of studying them at sea, including during the energy-demanding moulting stage.
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Comparación de la extensión de la muda posjuvenil en el ruiseñor pechiazul ibérico (Luscinia svecica azuricollis) con dos subespecies próximas geográficamente [PDF]
Munibe Ciencias NaturalesEl ruiseñor pechiazul ibérico Luscinia svecica azuricollis es una subespecie que cría en zonas de montaña del noroeste de la Península Ibérica y que cuenta con una reducida ventana temporal para mudar entre la cría y la migración.
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