Differential female access to males with large throat patches in the asian barn swallow hirundo rustica gutturalis

Zoological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 913-918

  Hasegawa, Masaru ^a   Arai, Emi ^b  

^a Tohoku University ^*  (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

color patch; female quality; mating pattern; plumage coloration; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SWALLOW (BIRD);

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SWALLOWS;

EID: 84888191330     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.30.913     Document Type: Article

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