Experimental tail shortening affects feeding rate depending on original tail length in female barn swallows Hirundo rustica gutturalis

Long tail feathers of the barn swallow Hirundo rustica are a classic example of an intersexually selected trait, but previous aerodynamic analyses indicate that the tail feather is only 10–12 mm longer than the aerodynamic optimum even in the nominate subspecies with long tails. Here, by experimenta...

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Published inJournal of ethology Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 179 - 184
Main Authors Hasegawa, Masaru, Arai, Emi, Nakamura, Masahiko
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo Springer Japan 01.05.2020
Springer Nature B.V
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