Fitness and asymmetry under different environmental conditions in the barn swallow

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 152-158

  Shykoff, Jacqui A ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS; PASSERINE;

HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033065472     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546580     Document Type: Article

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