Expression of multiple sexual signals by fathers and sons in the east-mediterranean barn swallow: Are advertising strategies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Vortman, Yoni ^a,b   Safran, Rebecca J ^c   Brodetzki, Tali Reiner ^b   Dor, Roi ^b,c,d   Lotem, Arnon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARN SWALLOW; COLOR; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; HERITABILITY; MALE; MULTIPLE SEXUAL SIGNAL; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWALLOW;

HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWALLOWS;

EID: 84923241545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118054     Document Type: Article

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