Colour composition of nest lining feathers affects hatching success of barn swallows, Hirundo rustica (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-74

  Peralta Sanchez, Juan M ^a,b   Møller, Anders P ^c,d   Soler, Juan J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d Center for Advanced Study   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Feather colour; Hatching success; Lining material; Nest building; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COLOR MORPH; EGGSHELL; FEATHER; HATCHING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEST; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; THERMOREGULATION;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 78650060015     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01557.x     Document Type: Article

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