This review formally tests several widely held assumptions regarding the evolution of
molting strategies. I performed an extensive literature review of molt in seabirds, extracting …

Moult is one of three major events in the annual cycle of birds. However, in contrast to
breeding and migration, relatively few studies have been carried out on this topic. This is …

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The energetically challenging periods of molting and breeding are usually temporally
separated in temperate birds, but can occur simultaneously in tropical birds, a condition …

Moult is one of the three main energy‐demanding events in the yearly cycles of birds, and in
most species occurs at a different time from breeding and migration. The sequence in which …

Moult is the process by which birds replace their feathers. It is a costly process in terms of
energy and reduced flight ability but necessary for the maintenance of the plumage and its …

The general argument of this paper is that incomplete primary molts in large birds may
periodically force them to skip a year of breeding to replace worn flight feathers. Laysan and …

Abstract Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica) partially molt contour feathers before flying
to their subarctic breeding grounds. This molt starts in February on the West African …

We studied timing of breeding in four species of hole-nesting passerines, the Siberian tit
(Poecile cinctus), great tit (Parus major), pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca), and redstart …

Feather wear is the natural degradation and breakage of feather structure during the interval
between moults. Different rates of feather wear have been observed for primaries of free …