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Wheatear molt and assignment tests: ongoing lessons in using stable isotopes to infer origins

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Acknowledgments

We thank David Hussell and Franz Bairlein for originally pointing out to us that Northern Wheatears do not molt all their dorsal body plumage on their wintering grounds and an anonymous reviewer for helpful suggestions on the manuscript.

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  1. US Fish and Wildlife Service, 101 12th Ave., Room 110, Fairbanks, AK, 99701, USA

    Deborah A. Rocque

  2. Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, P.O. Box 3166, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA

    Merav Ben-David

  3. Department of Mathematics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 756660, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA

    Ronald P. Barry

  4. University of Alaska Museum, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 907 Yukon Dr., Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA

    Kevin Winker

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Rocque, D.A., Ben-David, M., Barry, R.P. et al. Wheatear molt and assignment tests: ongoing lessons in using stable isotopes to infer origins. J Ornithol 150, 931–934 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-009-0433-z

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