Experimental tail shortening in Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) affects haematocrit

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 828-835

  Cuervo, J J ^a   De Ayala, R M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic optimum; Flight performance; Natural selection; Sexual selection; Tail streamers

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BLOOD; BREEDING SITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TAIL FEATHER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 33845566740     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.01018.x     Document Type: Article

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