Energetic cost of tail streamers in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 252-258

  Cuervo, José Javier ^a   De Lope, Florentino ^b   Møller, Anders Pape ^a   Moreno, Juan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doubly labelled water; Energy expenditure; Metabolism; Sexual selection; Tail ornament

Indexed keywords

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 0029799634     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00334648     Document Type: Article

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