RT Journal Article
T1 Adventitious feather replacement favours amore rapid regeneration of primaries over rectrices in two passerine bird species
A1 Hera Fernández, Iván de la
A1 Pérez Tris, Javier
A1 Tellería Jorge, José Luis
AB There is increasing evidence of adaptive preferential investment during moult in those feather tracts that are more advantageous for fitness. In this study, we assessed whether, after the manual removal of two functionally different flight feathers (one primary and one rectrix), birds from two common passerine species (Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapillaand European Robin Erithacus rubecula) favoured the regeneration of primary (supposedly the most functionally important feathers) over rectrix feathers. Our results did not show differences between replaced primary and rectrix feathers in their final length, but demonstrated that the gap left by the loss of the primary feather was filled earlier, suggesting that a rapid repair of the most essential feather tracts is also evolutionarily advantageous during the adventitious replacement of plumage.
PB Wiley
SN 0019-1019, ESSN: 1474-919X
YR 2015
FD 2015-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23205
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23205
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología
NO Gobierno vasco. Departamento de Educación, Universidades e Investigación
DS Docta Complutense
RD 11 abr 2025