An experimental study of paternity and tail ornamentation in the barn swallow (Hirundo Rustica)

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 562-570

  Saino, Nicola ^a   Primmer, Craig R ^b   Ellegren, Hans ^b   MØller, Anders Pape ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Extrapair paternity; mate choice; microsatellite DNA; paternity; phenotypic manipulation; secondary sexual characters

Indexed keywords

HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

BARN SWALLOW; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; PATERNITY; TAIL LENGTH; TAIL ORNAMENT;

EID: 0030617967     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb02443.x     Document Type: Article

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