Tail length correlates with fat stores in pre-migratory roosting Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica

Ardea

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 121-127

  Rubolini, Diego ^a   Schiavi, Maffeo ^a  

^a Stazione Ornitologica La Passata   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hirundo rustica; Individual quality; Manoeuvrability; Streamers

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FAT RESERVE; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TAIL FEATHER;

HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0012175792     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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