Sexual Selection

Name: Sexual Selection
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ISBN: 9780691000572

ISBN-10: 0691000573

ISBN-13: 9780691000572

Edition: 1994

Authors: Malte Andersson

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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…

Book details

List price: $79.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 6/16/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 624
Size: 7.32" wide x 9.21" long x 1.33" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Theory of Sexual Selection



Genetic Models of Fisherian Self-Reinforcing Sexual Selection



Genetic Models of Indicator Mechanisms



Empirical Methods



Some Case Studies



Empirical Studies of Sexually Selected Traits: Patterns



Sexual Selection in Relation to Mating System and Parental Roles



Benefits of Mate Choice



Species Recognition, Sexual Selection, and Speciation



Constraints



Sexual Size Dimorphism



Weapons



Coloration and Other Visual Signals



Acoustic Signals



Chemical Signals



Alternative Mating Tactics



Sexual Selection in Plants



Sexual Selection: Conclusions and Open Questions


References


Author Index


Subject Index


Taxonomic Index