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1. TIMING, DURATION, AND INTENSITY OF MOLT IN BIRDS OF A NEOTROPICAL SAVANNA IN BRAZIL.

Author

Silveria, Mariana Batista and Marini, Miguel Ângelo

Subjects
*FEATHERS, *MOLTING, *BIRDS, *TEMPERATE climate
Abstract

The article discusses the time duration and intensity of feather shedding or molt in tropical birds of Savanna in Brazil. It states that when compared with temperate zone birds, tropical birds have slower metabolism and have molt duration of 122 days and intensity 3.1 feathers growing simultaneously. It is informed that the larger species take more time to molt than the smaller ones.

Published
2012
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