Zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata, with elongated tails delay taking flight during group take-offs

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 122-128

  Nudds, Robert L ^a,b   Bryant, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Flight; Sexual selection; Tail elongation; Take off

Indexed keywords

ENERGY USE; FLIGHT; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TAIL FEATHER;

FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; PERCIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642423757     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0686-0     Document Type: Article

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