Experimental manipulation of tail ornament size affects the hematocrit of male barn swallows (Hirundo rustica)

Oecologia

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 186-190

  Saino, Nicola ^a   Cuervo, José Javier ^b   Krivacek, Marco ^a   De Lope, Florentino ^c   Møller, Anders Pape ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Biologia   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hematocrit; Hirundo rustica; Secondary sexual characters

Indexed keywords

HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

BARN SWALLOW; HAEMATOCRIT; ORNAMENT; TAIL FEATHER;

ITALY; SPAIN;

EID: 0030618683     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050148     Document Type: Article

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