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Are Morphometrics Sufficient for Estimating Age of Pre-Fledging Birds in the Field? A Test Using Common Terns (Sterna hirundo)

Age is a key component of fitness, affecting survival and reproductive capacities. Where it is not possible to study known individuals from birth, morphometrics (predominantly patterns of plumage development for birds) are most often used to estimate age. Although criteria for age estimations exist...

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Publicat a:PLoS One
Autors principals: Wails, Christy N., Oswald, Stephen A., Arnold, Jennifer M.
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: Public Library of Science 2014
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4222966/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25375105
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111987
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