The Topobiology of Chemical Elements in Seabird Feathers

Abstract The highly organized morphogenesis of bird feathers holds important phylo- and ontogenetic information on the evolution of birds, organogenesis, tissue regeneration, and the health status of individual animals. Altered topobiological patterns are regularly used as retrospective evidence for...

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Main Authors: Nicholas R. Howell, Jennifer L. Lavers, Sayaka Uematsu, David Paterson, Daryl L. Howard, Kathryn Spiers, Martin D. de Jonge, Tracey Hanley, Richard Garrett, Richard B. Banati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01878-y