Nest building is a sexually selected behaviour in the barn swallow

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1435-1442

  Soler, Juan José ^a,e   Cuervo, José Javier ^b   Møller, Anders Pape ^c,f   De Lope, Florentino ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; NESTING; PARENTAL CARE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 0032449133     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0938     Document Type: Article

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