Experimental tail elongation in male Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica reduces provisioning of young, but only in second broods

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Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 449-458

  Cuervo, José J ^a   Møller, Anders P ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; BROOD SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; TAIL FEATHER;

AVES; HEXAPODA; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; INSECTA;

EID: 33745829814     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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