Haematocrit correlates with tail ornament size in three populations of the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 604-610

  Saino, N ^a   Cuervo, J J ^b   Ninni, P ^a   De Lope, F ^c   Moller A P ^d  

^a Dipartimento di Biologia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Arrival date; Post migration period; Sexual dimorphism; Sexually selected character

Indexed keywords

BARN SWALLOW; HAEMATOCRIT; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TAIL ORNAMENT;

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 0030775909     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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