Sexual selection / Malte Andersson.
Sexual selection / Malte Andersson.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1994.
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T0399671
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English
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xx, 599 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
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 Matin...
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1994.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c1994.
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Summary
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 controvers...
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Sexual selection / Malte Andersson.
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Monographs in behavior and ecology.
Princeton paperbacks.
Includes bibliographical references p. ([445]-559) and indexes.
Transferred from N591.56/15.
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c1994.
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T0399671
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0691033447 (alk. paper)
9780691033440 (alk. paper) :
0691033447 (alk. paper) :
9780691000572 (alk. paper) :
0691000573 (alk. paper) :
9780691000572 (alk. paper)
0691000573 (alk. paper)
9780691033440 (alk. paper)
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591.56
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991022585009702626
