Variation in primary molt in the least auklet

• Published in: The Condor
• Main Authors: Bond, Alexander L., Konyukhov, Nikolai B., Jones, Ian L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Aethia pusilla; Bering sea; Least auklet; Molt; Anadyr; Anadyr'; Bering Sea; Chukotka; Chukotka Peninsula; Sea ice; Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Copepods
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/c9c558b9-9e64-41b6-b79a-37095a18c1af; https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2013.110062; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84878523296&partnerID=8YFLogxK; http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84878523296&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Along with breeding and migration, molt is one of the most energetically expensive components of a bird's annual cycle. Auklets (tribe Aethiini) are apparently unique among the Alcidae in that flight-feather molt and breeding overlap. We compared the degree of overlap of primary molt with breed...