Sexual selection and the barn swallow

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Sexual selection and the barn swallow

Anders Pape Møller

(Oxford series in ecology and evolution)

Oxford University Press, 1994

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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注記

Bibliography: p. [335]-355

Includes indexes

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780198540281

内容説明

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.

目次

  • 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

内容説明

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

目次

  • 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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