Allometry of the Duration of Flight Feather Molt in Birds

We used allometric scaling to explain why the regular replacement of the primary flight feathers requires disproportionately more time for large birds. Primary growth rate scales to mass (M) as M (0.171), whereas the summed length of the primaries scales almost twice as fast (M (0.316)). The ratio o...

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Main Authors: Rohwer, Sievert, Ricklefs, Robert E., Rohwer, Vanya G., Copple, Michelle M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2690433/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19529759
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000132
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