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Barn Swallow

Known as: Rauchschwalbe, Barn Swallows, Hirundo rustica 
National Institutes of Health

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Family Hirundinidae

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2011
2011
Intense Natural Selection on Morphology of Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon Pyrrhonota) a Decade Later: Did the Population Move between Adaptive Peaks?
ABSTRACT. Unusual climatic events often lead to intense natural selection on organisms. Whether episodic selection events… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Male tail streamer length predicts fertilization success in the North American barn swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster)
In socially monogamous species, extra-pair paternity has the potential to increase the variance in male reproductive success… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Horizontal flight of a swallow (Hirundo rustica) observed in a wind tunnel, with a new method for directly measuring mechanical power.
A swallow flying in the Lund wind tunnel was observed from the side and from behind, by two synchronised high-speed video cameras… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Carotenoid Plasma Concentration, Immune Profile, and Plumage Ornamentation of Male Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica)
Carotenoids exert immunomodulating, immunostimulating, and antioxidant actions in mammals and are major determinants of… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Song and immunological condition in male barn swallows (Hirundo rustica)
Male secondary sexual characters may have evolved as intra- or intersexual signals of male phenotypic or genetic quality. In… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Functional abnormalities of the esophagus: a prospective analysis of radiographic findings relative to age and symptoms.
OBJECTIVE The prevalence and severity of functional abnormalities of the esophagus seen on fluoroscopic examination were compared… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A new form of reproductive parasitism in cliff swallows
A common reproductive strategy among some egg-laying animals, especially birds, is to lay an egg in another individual's nest and… 
1988
1988
Infanticidal and anti-infanticidal strategies in the swallow Hirundo rustica
SummaryFive definite and nine suspected cases of infanticide were documented in the swallow Hirundo rustica. Unmated males… 
1987
1987
Group-living in cliff swallows as an advantage in avoiding predators
SummaryCliff swallows (Hirundo pyrrhonota) in SW Nebraska, USA, nest in colonies and associate in groups away from their colonies… 
1977
1977
Some factors in the timing of parent-chick recognition in swallows
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