The simultaneous moult of female hornbills is not triggered by the darkness of their nest cavity
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DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2018.1468360
Abstract: A verbal model from 1937 proposed that the darkness of the nest cavity acts as a proximate trigger for the simultaneous moult observed in female hornbills. Although never tested, the plausibility of this hypothesis has… read more here.
Keywords: darkness nest; moult; moult female; female hornbills ... See more keywords