Brothers and sisters are stabbing each other in the back: Long-term effects of sex of siblings on barn swallow offspring

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 87, Issue C, 2014, Pages 187-193

  Scandolara, Chiara ^a,b,c   Caprioli, Manuela ^a   Lardelli, Roberto ^b,c   Sgarbi, Giovanni ^b   Rubolini, Diego ^a   Ambrosini, Roberto ^d   Saino, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Bolle di Magadino   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breeding performance; Carryover effects; Hirundo rustica; Sex allocation; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888805499     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.10.030     Document Type: Article

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