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. 2019 Mar 26;9:5221. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-41635-x

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Moult initiation dates across reproductive categories and years (panels; 2013 is the 2013 austral summer including the December 2013 – February 2014 moult) for Attendant individuals. Within each year, different letters denote significantly different moult initiation dates across reproductive categories (Tukey’s HSD, p < 0.05). During all study years, sexually mature females that did not produce a pup (Non-Parturients) moulted earlier than all other reproductive categories. On the contrary, sexually mature females that produced a pup (Parturients) tended to moult later than sexually immature females (Juvenile Females, significant difference in 2013, 2015, 2016), and Males (significant difference in 2013, 2016).