Survival rate of adult Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica in relation to sexual selection and reproduction

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2220-2228

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a   Szép, Tibor ^b  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^b Department of Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Body mass; Capture mark recapture; Cormack Jolly Seber model; Physical condition; Secondary sexual character; Sex dependent survival; Tail length

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL; TAIL FEATHER;

DENMARK;

HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038138027     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3072053     Document Type: Article

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