Experimental tests on tail elongation and sexual selection in swallows (Hirundo rustica) do not affect the tail streamer and cannot test its function

被引：12
作者：
Thomas, ALR
Rowe, L
机构：
[1] Edward Grey Inst. for Fld. Ornithol., Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, South Parks Road
[2] Department of Biological Sciences, University of Stirling
来源：
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY | 1997年 / 8卷 / 05期
关键词：
aerodynamics and evolution; bird flight; bind tails; Hirundo rustica; sexual selection; swallows; tail manipulations;
D O I：
10.1093/beheco/8.5.580
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号：
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
[No abstract available]
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页码：580 / 581
页数：2
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