To pluck or not to pluck: scientific methodologies should be carefully chosen, not ‘one size fits all’

Using major histocompatibility complex markers to assign the geographic origin of migratory birds: examples from the threatened lesser kestrel

(2011) A. Rodríguez et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Widening the problem of lead poisoning to a South-American top scavenger: Lead concentrations in feathers of wild Andean condors

(2011) Sergio A. Lambertucci et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Stable isotope ratios in winter-grown feathers of Great Reed Warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus, Clamorous Reed Warblers A. stentoreus and their hybrids in a sympatric breeding population in Kazakhstan

(2011) ELIZABETH YOHANNES et al.   IBIS

To pluck or not to pluck: the hidden ethical and scientific costs of relying on feathers as a primary source of DNA

(2011) Paul G. McDonald et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Museum genomics: low-cost and high-accuracy genetic data from historical specimens

(2011) KEVIN C. ROWE et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Feather Lead Concentrations and207Pb/206Pb Ratios Reveal Lead Exposure History of California Condors (Gymnogyps californianus)

(2010) M. E. Finkelstein et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mercury Contamination in Idaho Bald Eagles, Haliaeetus leucocephalus

(2009) Marc J. Bechard et al.   BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Corticosterone in feathers is a long-term, integrated measure of avian stress physiology

(2008) G. R. Bortolotti et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Optimizing the use of shed feathers for genetic analysis

(2007) FIONA E. HOGAN et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources