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PATTERNS OF PRIMARY MOULT IN THE WEAVERS, PLOCEIDAE
Hans-Dieter Oschadleus

Oschadleus HD 2005. Patterns of primary moult in the weavers, Ploceidae. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 233 pp

The full thesis is available in PDF format, either as one document or in separate chapters:

Moult phd Full version (5 Mb)

• Cover Cover pages (50 Kb)
• Chapter 1: Introduction (250 Kb)
• Chapter 2: Sociable Weaver biometrics and primary moult (234 Kb)
• Chapter 3: Chestnut Weaver biometrics and primary moult in Namibia (629 Kb)
• Chapter 4: The Red-billed Quelea in southern Africa: primary moult and the rainfall migration model (258 Kb)
• Chapter 5: Geographic variation in primary moult parameters in Cape Weavers, Southern Red Bishops and Southern Masked Weavers in southern Africa (341 Kb)
• Chapter 6: Breeding seasonality and primary moult in Euplectes species in South Africa (394 Kb)
• Chapter 7: Breeding seasonality and primary moult in weavers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (227 Kb)
• Chapter 8: Annual variation in primary moult parameters in Cape Weavers, Southern Red Bishops and Southern Masked Weavers in the Western Cape, South Africa (239 Kb)
• Chapter 9: Relative primary masses and annual cycles in southern African weavers (228 Kb)
• Appendix 1 & 2: 1. Months of egg-laying for southern African weavers; 2. Timing and duration of primary moult in southern African weavers (186 Kb)
• Appendix 3: Plates illustrating breeding and moult in African weavers (2352 Kb)

Thanks to all ringers who contributed primary moult data to SAFRING's database!

Peer reviewed papers on moult in weavers

Oschadleus HD, Underhill GD and Underhill LG 2000. Timing of breeding and primary moult of the Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus in the summer and winter rainfall regions of South Africa. Ostrich 71: 91-94

Oschadleus HD 2004. Sociable Weaver biometrics and primary moult. Ostrich 75:309-316 (182 kB)

Oschadleus HD and Osborne T 2005. Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus biometrics and primary moult in Namibia. Ostrich 76:206-211 (182 kB)

Oschadleus HD and Underhill LG 2006. Breeding seasonality and primary moult in weavers in eastern South Africa. Durban Museum Novitates 31: 24-31 (189 kB)

Oschadleus HD and Underhill LG 2006. Breeding seasonality and primary moult parameters of Euplectes species in South Africa. Ostrich 7:142-152 (616 kB)

Other papers on moult in weavers

Oschadleus HD and Underhill LG 2006. Variation in timing and duration of primary moult in ploceid weavers. Abstract (symposium oral). Journal of Ornithology 147 Suppl 1: 58

Oschadleus HD 2006. Body moult in Cape Weavers. Afring News 35: 6-7

Contact: H Dieter Oschadleus, weavers4africa [at] gmail.com
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