Brood overlap and male ornamentation in the double-brooded barn swallow

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 513-519

  Grüebler, Martin U ^a   Naef Daenzer, Beat ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hirundo rustica; Interbrood interval; Intraseasonal trade off between broods; Life history; Optimal timing of reproduction; Postfledging care

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 77951131019     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq017     Document Type: Article

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