Large-scale geographic variation in iridescent structural ornaments of a long-distance migratory bird
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P. Legagneux ([email protected]), Univ. Laval, Dépt de Biologie, 1045 Avenue de la Médecine, QC G1V 0A6, Canada. PL also at: Offi ce National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, CNERA Avifaune Migratrice, Station de Chiz é , FR-79360 Beauvoir sur Niort, France. – V. Bretagnolle, CEBC – CNRS, UPR 1934, Villiers-en-Bois, FR-79360 Beauvoir sur Niort, France. – R. G. Clark, Prairie and Northern Wildlife Research Centre, Environment Canada, 115 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N0X4, Canada. – M. Guillemain, Offi ce National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, CNERA Avifaune Migratrice, La Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc, FR-13200 Arles, France. – C. Eraud, Offi ce National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, CNERA Avifaune Migratrice, Station de Chiz é , FR-79360 Beauvoir sur Niort, France. – M. Th é ry, D é pt Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversit é , Mus é um National d ’ Histoire Naturelle, CNRS UMR 7179, 1 avenue du petit ch â teau, FR-91800 Brunoy, France.
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