Sexual signal exaggeration affects physiological state in male barn swallows

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Safran, Rebecca J ^a,b   Adelman, James S ^a   McGraw, Kevin J ^c   Hau, Michaela ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; LETTER; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWALLOW (BIRD);

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; MALE; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWALLOWS;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA ERYTHROGASTER;

EID: 44349170065     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.03.031     Document Type: Letter

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