The effect of tail streamer length on aerodynamic performance in the barn swallow

By K. Buchanan, M. Evans. 2000

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Plumage coloration, not length or symmetry of tail-streamers, is a sexually selected trait in North American barn swallows (2004, background): “Evans (1998) and colleagues (Buchanan and Evans, 2000; Rowe et al., 2001) have determined that only a small proportion of the total length of the tail-streamers of European barn swallows (approximately 10–15 mm) is sexually selected, whereas the majority of the length of streamers confers naturally…”
The function and evolution of the tail streamer in hirundines (2001, background): “In contrast to earlier results examining the effect of streamer reductions on flight performance in the barn swallow (Buchanan and Evans, 2000), this study found that initial tail length did not explain significant variation in how the manipulation affected maneuverability.”
On the cost of begging vocalization: implications of vigilance (2001, methodology): “According to this figure the experimental change in tail length by 10 mm (the consistent turning point of Buchanan and Evans, 2000) has to be explained by different mechanisms in long-tailed and shorttailed birds, while a further reduction reverses the pattern.”
Evaluating performance costs of sexually selected traits (2007, background): “Journal compilation © 2007 British Ecological Society Blackwell Publishing LtdEvaluating performance costs of sexually selected traits C. E. OUFIERO and T. GARLAND JR†”