Parasitism, developmental plasticity and bilateral asymmetry of wing feathers in alpine swift, Apus melba., nestlings

Oikos

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 317-323

  Bize, Pierre ^a   Roulin, Alexandre ^b,c   Richner, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; FEATHER; NESTLING; PARASITISM; PLASTICITY;

APUS APUS; APUS MELBA;

EID: 4043089979     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13019.x     Document Type: Article

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