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John P. Swaddle, Emma V. Williams, Jeremy M. V. Rayner, The Effect of Simulated Flight Feather Moult on Escape Take-Off Performance in Starlings, Journal of Avian Biology, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Dec., 1999), pp. 351-358
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