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Understanding moult patterns in Albatrosses and Petrels breeding on Marion and Gough Islands
Moult is an energetically demanding process for birds, and the replacement of flight feathers impacts flight performance. As a result, few birds overlap moult with other key activities such as breeding or migrating. Feather growth rates show little change in relation to body size, so large birds wit...
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Department of Biological Sciences
2020
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