Tail manipulations affect fitness traits in male barn swallows

doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.024

Animal Behaviour

Volume 83, Issue 4, April 2012, Pages e4-e5

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► Aparicio & Møller attack our 2007 paper suggesting the results are artefacts. ► They attempt this by generating random data. ► They fail to report results of statistical tests. ► When we analyse their data their results are not statistically significant. ► We conclude that their claims are unfounded.

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Tail manipulations affect fitness traits in male barn swallows

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Animal Behaviour

Current Biology

Selection on swallow tail streamers

Nature