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Feathers

Inexplicable Inefficiency of Avian Molt? Insights from an Opportunistically Breeding Arid-Zone Species, Lichenostomus penicillatus

Bethany J. Hoye, William A. Buttemer

Haste Makes Waste: Accelerated Molt Adversely Affects the Expression of Melanin-Based and Depigmented Plumage Ornaments in House Sparrows

Csongor I. Vágási, Péter L. Pap, Zoltán Barta

Effect of Restricted Preen-Gland Access on Maternal Self Maintenance and Reproductive Investment in Mallards

Mathieu Giraudeau, Gábor Á. Czirják, [ ... ], Philipp Heeb

A Quantitative Analysis of Flight Feather Replacement in the Moustached Tree Swift Hemiprocne mystacea, a Tropical Aerial Forager

Sievert Rohwer, Luan-Keng Wang

Seasonal Changes in Colour: A Comparison of Structural, Melanin- and Carotenoid-Based Plumage Colours

Kaspar Delhey, Claudia Burger, Wolfgang Fiedler, Anne Peters

Can Preening Contribute to Influenza A Virus Infection in Wild Waterbirds?

Mauro Delogu, Maria A. De Marco, [ ... ], Isabella Donatelli

Common Garden Experiment Reveals Genetic Control of Phenotypic Divergence between Swamp Sparrow Subspecies That Lack Divergence in Neutral Genotypes

Barbara Ballentine, Russell Greenberg

Positive Carotenoid Balance Correlates with Greater Reproductive Performance in a Wild Bird

Rebecca J. Safran, Kevin J. McGraw, [ ... ], Julie Marling

The Extent of the Preserved Feathers on the Four-Winged Dinosaur Microraptor gui under Ultraviolet Light

David W. E. Hone, Helmut Tischlinger, Xing Xu, Fucheng Zhang

A Method for Investigating Population Declines of Migratory Birds Using Stable Isotopes: Origins of Harvested Lesser Scaup in North America

Keith A. Hobson, Michael B. Wunder, [ ... ], Leonard I. Wassenaar

Improvements of Sound Localization Abilities by the Facial Ruff of the Barn Owl (Tyto alba) as Demonstrated by Virtual Ruff Removal

Laura Hausmann, Mark von Campenhausen, [ ... ], Hermann Wagner

Understanding Oceanic Migrations with Intrinsic Biogeochemical Markers

Raül Ramos, Jacob González-Solís, [ ... ], Xavier Ruiz

Physiological Stress Mediates the Honesty of Social Signals

Gary R. Bortolotti, Francois Mougeot, [ ... ], Stuart B. Piertney

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