Sexual Selection and the Barn Swallow
Seiten
1994
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-854028-1 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-854028-1 (ISBN)
This study constitutes an empirical text of the theoretical predictions, and should be of special interest to students on behavioural and evolutionary ecology. The main theme is that sexual selection is important, and affects many aspects of animal life such as mating behaviour and parental care.
An important empirical test of the theoretical predictions of sexual selection theory, this book presents a long-term field study of the monagamous barn swallow. By using information on behaviour, ecology, morphology, genetics, and evolution, the book reviews this theory and its two components: male-male competition and female choice.
The selective advantages of a long tail are investigated for this common bird, demonstrating such effects as mating behaviour, copulation behaviour, migration strategies, and host-parasite interactions.
A rich informative text which clearly elucidates the mechanisms and consequences of sexual selection.
An important empirical test of the theoretical predictions of sexual selection theory, this book presents a long-term field study of the monagamous barn swallow. By using information on behaviour, ecology, morphology, genetics, and evolution, the book reviews this theory and its two components: male-male competition and female choice.
The selective advantages of a long tail are investigated for this common bird, demonstrating such effects as mating behaviour, copulation behaviour, migration strategies, and host-parasite interactions.
A rich informative text which clearly elucidates the mechanisms and consequences of sexual selection.
1. Introduction ; 2. Models of sexual selection and monogamy ; 3. The study organism ; 4. Male mating advantages ; 5. Benefits of mate choice ; 6. Determinants of tail ornament size ; 7. Advantages of early arrival ; 8. Options for unmated males ; 9. Parasites and sexual selection ; 10. Parental care and male ornamentation ; 11. Sperm competition and sexual selection ; 12. Sexual size dimorphism and female ornaments ; 13. Geographic variation in ornament size ; 14. Synthesis ; References ; Author index ; Subject index ; Taxonomic index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.5.1994 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution |
| Zusatzinfo | line figures, tables |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 209 x 233 mm |
| Gewicht | 650 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-854028-0 / 0198540280 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-854028-1 / 9780198540281 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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