Secondary sexual characters, parasites and testosterone in the barn swallow, Hirundo rustica

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1325-1333

  Saino, N ^a,c   Moller A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BARN SWALLOW; MALLOPHAGA; PARASITE; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTER; SEXUAL SELECTION; TAIL FEATHER; TESTOSTERONE;

HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 0028165317     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1994.1369     Document Type: Article

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