The biology of moult in birds /

"Feathers are amazing structures. All birds need to renew their feathers periodically, in a process called moult. Because feathers can only be renewed as a whole, all functions of the plumage are impaired during moult, and so this process has a crucial impact on most aspects of a bird's li...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Jenni, Lukas (Author), Winkler, Raffael (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Helm, 2020.
Subjects:	Birds > Physiology. Molting.