Sexual Selection / / Malte Andersson.
Bright colors, enlarged fins, feather plumes, song, horns, antlers, and tusks are often highly sex dimorphic. Why have males in many animals evolved more conspicuous ornaments, signals, and weapons than females? How can such traits evolve although they may reduce male survival? Such questions prompt...
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Andersson, Malte, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Sexual Selection / Malte Andersson. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019] ©1994 1 online resource (624 p.) : 10 halftones 110 line illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Monographs in Behavior and Ecology ; 72 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Theory of Sexual Selection -- 2. Genetic Models of Fisherian Self-Reinforcing Sexual Selection -- 3. Genetic Models of Indicator Mechanisms -- 4. Empirical Methods -- 5. Some Case Studies -- 6. Empirical Studies of Sexually Selected Traits: Patterns -- 7. Sexual Selection in Relation to Mating System and Parental Roles -- 8. Benefits of Mate Choice -- 9. Species Recognition, Sexual Selection, and Speciation -- 10. Constraints -- 11. Sexual Size Dimorphism -- 12. Weapons -- 13. Coloration and Other Visual Signals -- 14. Acoustic Signals -- 15. Chemical Signals -- 16. Alternative Mating Tactics -- 17. Sexual Selection in Plants -- 18. Sexual Selection: Conclusions and Open Questions -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Taxonomic Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Bright colors, enlarged fins, feather plumes, song, horns, antlers, and tusks are often highly sex dimorphic. Why have males in many animals evolved more conspicuous ornaments, signals, and weapons than females? How can such traits evolve although they may reduce male survival? Such questions prompted Darwin's perhaps most scientifically controversial idea--the theory of sexual selection. It still challenges researchers today as they try to understand how competition for mates can favor the variety of sex-dimorphic traits. Reviewing theoretical and empirical work in this very active field, Malte Andersson, a leading contributor himself, provides a major up-to-date synthesis of sexual selection. The author describes the theory and its recent development; examines models, methods, and empirical tests; and identifies many unsolved problems. Among the topics discussed are the selection and evolution of mating preferences; relations between sexual selection and speciation; constraints on sexual selection; and sex differences in signals, body size, and weapons. The rapidly growing study of sexual selection in plants is also reviewed. This volume will interest students, teachers, and researchers in behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Sexual selection in animals. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691207278?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691207278 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780691207278.jpg |
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