Age-dependent health status and song characteristics in the barn swallow

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 580-591

  Garamszegi, László Z ^a   Heylen, Dieter ^a   Møller, Anders P ^b   Eens, Marcel ^a   De Lope, Florentino ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Barn swallow; Bird song; Chewing louse; Hematocrit; Sedimentation rate

Indexed keywords

AGE; HEALTH STATUS; PARASITISM; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG;

AVES; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 19344370377     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari029     Document Type: Article

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