European barn swallows use melanin pigments to color their feathers brown

Authors: Kevin J. McGraw¹; Rebecca J. Safran²; Matthew R. Evans³; Kazumasa Wakamatsu⁴

Source: Behavioral Ecology, Volume 15, Number 5, September 2004 , pp. 889-891(3)

Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Keywords: forced copulation; frogs; group spawning; sexual conflict

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arh109

Affiliations: 1: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA 2: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA 3: Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter in Cornwall, Tremough Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR5 0XT, UK 4: Fujita Health University, School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan

Publication date: 2004-09-01

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