Extra-pair paternity and tail ornamentation in the barn swallow Hirundo rustica

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 353-360

  Moller A P ^a   Tegelstrom H ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Paternal care; Paternity guards; Repeatability; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BARN SWALLOW; EXTRA-PAIR PATERNITY; PATERNAL CARE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TAIL ORNAMENTATION;

HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 0030828532     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050395     Document Type: Article

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