CiNii 図書 - Sexual selection and the barn swallow

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

巻冊次: : hbk ISBN 9780198540298

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The main theme of this study is that sexual selection is important, and affects many aspects of animal life such as mating behaviour, parental care, host-parasite interactions and migration strategies. Birds with extravagant feather ornaments are the standard example of sexual selection. Here, the selective advantages of a long tail are investigated for a common bird, the barn swallow, in the context of sexual selection theory This study constitutes a major empirical text of the theoretical predictions and will be of especial interest to students on behavioural and evolutionary ecology. The first two chapters present a concise review of sexual selection theory and its two main components, male-male competition and female choice. Subsequent chapters investigate the advantage for males of being extravagantly adorned and the advantages that females acquire by being choosy when selecting a mate, using evidence from the author's long-term work on the monogamous barn swallow Moeller explores the roles of behaviour, ecology, morphology, genetics and evolution to provide a synthesis of this work to date. Anders Pape Moeller is co-author (with T.R. Birkhead) of "Sperm Competition in Birds

Models of sexual selection and monogamy
the study organism
male mating advantages
benefits of mate choice
determinants of tail ornament size
advantages of early arrival
options for unmated males
parasites and sexual selection
parental care and male ornamentation
sperm competition and sexual selection
sexual size dimorphism and female ornaments
geographic variation in ornament size
synthesis.

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