Assessing the aerodynamic effects of tail elongations in the house martin (Delichon urbica): Implications for the initial selection pressures in hirundines

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 364-372

  Park, K J ^a   Evans, M R ^a   Buchanan, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flight performance; Hirundines; Natural selection; Sexual selection; Tail streamers

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; PASSERINE; TAIL FEATHER;

AVES; DELICHON; DELICHON URBICA; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0033787877     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650000250     Document Type: Article

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