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Experimental manipulation of size and shape of tail spots and sexual selection in barn swallows
Barn swallows Hirundo rustica have white spots on their tail feathers, and they have been hypothesized to be a handicap because white spots are prone to feather breakage, ectoparasites are disproportionately common in white spots, and size of white spots increases with tail length. Here I test for a...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804199/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cz/zow098 |