Different roles of natural and sexual selection on senescence of plumage colour in the barn swallow

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 302-309

  Galván, Ismael ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Age; Barn swallow; Colouration; Melanin; Senescence; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASSERINE; PIGMENT; PLUMAGE; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; LETHRINUS LATICAUDIS;

EID: 62449251258     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01504.x     Document Type: Article

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