Tail streamers and flight performance in barn swallows: Natural or sexual selection?

Ardeola

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-104

  Barbosa, Andrés ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barn Swallow; Hirundo rustica; Methods; Natural selection; Sexual selection; Tail streamers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344526794     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: 23410825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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