Sex allocation according to multiple sexually dimorphic traits of both parents in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1234-1247

  Romano, A ^a   Romano, M ^a   Caprioli, M ^a   Costanzo, A ^a   Parolini, M ^a   Rubolini, D ^a   Saino, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coloration; Hirundo rustica; Melanin; Secondary sexual characters; Sex allocation; Sexual selection; Tail length

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; COLOR MORPH; FITNESS; HERITABILITY; MELANIN; ORNAMENTATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REACTION NORM; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAIL FEATHER;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SWALLOW (BIRD);

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SWALLOWS;

EID: 84931560484     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12650     Document Type: Article

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