Male nestling-like courtship calls attract female barn swallows, Hirundo rustica gutturalis
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: barn swallow, courtship display, hirundo rustica gutturalis, intraspecific mimicry, sensory exploitation, sexual selection
2013
Signaling stress? An analysis of phaeomelanin-based plumage color and individual corticosterone levels at two temporal scales in North American barn swallows, Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: corticosterone, eumelanin, hirundo rustica, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (hpa) axis, melanocortins, phaeomelanin, plumage color, sexual selection, stress response
2013
Coloured patches influence pairing rate in King Penguins
Publication/Journal: Ibis
Keywords: aptenodytes patagonicus, king penguin, mate choice, ornaments, plumage color, plumage colour, sexual selection
2007