Optimal moult strategies in migratory birds

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2008-01-27

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rstb.2007.2136PMID 17681914PMCID PMC2606747
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