Natural selection on tail and bill morphology in Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica during severe weather

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Volumn 141, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 652-659

  Brown, Charles R ^a   Brown, Mary Bomberger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 0032857853     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1999.tb07373.x     Document Type: Article

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