2004
DOI: 10.1071/mu03055
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Timing of moult and breeding in the Cape White-eye,Zosterops pallidus, from three different geographical regions in South Africa

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“…If in a given year moult starts later than usual, but then proceeds more rapidly so as to terminate at the usual seasonal period, this could account for the differences in duration of moult. There is evidence for this in the Red-billed Quelea (Oschadleus and Underhill 2008), whereas in the Cape White-eye Zosterops pallidus (family Zosteropidae) there were no significant differences between regions in moult duration, nor in starting date or duration for different time periods at the same sites (Hulley et al 2004). The current data set is not suitable for year-to-year comparisons in the Southern Red Bishop.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…If in a given year moult starts later than usual, but then proceeds more rapidly so as to terminate at the usual seasonal period, this could account for the differences in duration of moult. There is evidence for this in the Red-billed Quelea (Oschadleus and Underhill 2008), whereas in the Cape White-eye Zosterops pallidus (family Zosteropidae) there were no significant differences between regions in moult duration, nor in starting date or duration for different time periods at the same sites (Hulley et al 2004). The current data set is not suitable for year-to-year comparisons in the Southern Red Bishop.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…The trends in timing of primary moult of the Cape white-eyes used in this study were in accordance with those Where there was >1 model with ΔAICc <2, the models were averaged using the 'MuMIn' package in R (Bartoń 2013 from the same province (Symes et al 2001) and elsewhere in South Africa (Hulley et al 2004); birds were actively moulting in summer, and primaries were new and fully grown in winter. Just as with yellow-breasted buntings (Emberiza aureola) (Wallgren 1954), long-term captive and freshly wild-caught Cape white-eyes moulted their primary wing feathers in the same month.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Indeed, when the constant-environment rooms overheated one night, maintaining a T a of 43°C and 39°C for ∼16 h in the control+4°C and control groups, respectively, only 2 of the 22 birds expired. That most of the birds could survive something akin to an 'extreme heat event' is testament to their great physiological flexibility, and this, along with their generalist feeding habits (Fry et al, 2000) and their use of a wide range of habitats (Hulley et al, 2004;Smith and Bowie, 2005), should be in their favour in the face of ongoing anthropocentric climate change (Jiguet et al, 2007;Julliard et al, 2003;Knowlton and Graham, 2010;Schwartz et al, 2006;Thomas et al, 2004).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%