The sexual signals of the East-Mediterranean barn swallow: A different swallow tale

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1344-1352

  Vortman, Yoni ^a   Lotem, Arnon ^a   Dor, Roi ^b,c   Lovette, Irby J ^b,c   Safran, Rebecca J ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

age; Hirundo rustica; multiple signaling; sexual selection; speciation

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; DECISION MAKING; DIVERGENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONALITY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SPECIES COMPLEX; SUBSPECIES;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 80455129295     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr139     Document Type: Article

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