Brood size, telomere length, and parentoffspring color signaling in barn swallows

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 204-211

  Costanzo, Alessandra ^a   Parolini, Marco ^a   Bazzi, Gaia ^a   Khoriauli, Lela ^b   Santagostino, Marco ^b   Possenti, Cristina D ^a   Romano, Andrea ^a   Nergadze, Solomon G ^b   Rubolini, Diego ^a   Giulotto, Elena ^b   Saino, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brood size; Hirundo rustica; Parent offspring communication; Plumage color; Telomere

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CHROMOSOME; COLOR MORPH; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUKARYOTE; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; PROTEIN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EUKARYOTA; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 85022211839     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arw147     Document Type: Article

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