Artefactual effects of tail manipulation on fitness

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Aparicio, José Miguel ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Barn swallow; Hirundo rustica; Natural selection; Ornament size; Reliable signalling; Sexual selection; Tail manipulation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FITNESS; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SONGBIRD;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 84857956335     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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