| Abstract: | Many immature mourning doves (Zenaidura macroura) cannot be aged by the conventional white-tipped primary covert method if molt has proceeded beyond the 7th primary. A new method of aging doves in this group is based on the presence (immature) or absence (adult) of a buff-colored fringe on the tips of the 9th and 10th primaries. Experienced biologists were nearly 100 percent accurate in aging wings of 100 known-age doves from eastern and midwestern states. The technique is not as reliable for doves from southwestern United States because of added feather wear, apparently from harsh vegetative and soil conditions. |
| Genre: | Article |
| ProdID: | 5220021 |
| Citation Author: | Wight, H.M.; Blankenship, L.H.; Tomlinson, R.E. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of Wildlife Management |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Aging mourning doves by outer primary wear; 1967; Article; Journal; Journal of Wildlife Management; Wight, H.M.; Blankenship, L.H.; Tomlinson, R.E. |
| Citation Start Page: | 832 |
| Citation Volume: | 31 |
| Citation Year: | 1967 |
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| Text: | Aging mourning doves by outer primary wear; 1967; Article; Journal; Journal of Wildlife Management; Wight, H.M.; Blankenship, L.H.; Tomlinson, R.E. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3797993 |
| Date Other: | Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:17 -0500 |
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