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Sexual selection / Andersson, M. (1994)

Public ISBD Titre : Sexual selection Type de document : livre Auteurs : Andersson, M. Editeur : Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press Année de publication : 1994 Collection : Monographs in behavior and ecology Importance : 599 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-00057-2 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Evolution  Selection  Sexual behaviour  Sexual selection in animals Résumé : 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 selection. The author describes the theory and its recent development; examines models, methods, and empirical tests; and identifies many unsolved problems. Among the topics discussed are the selection and evolution of mating preferences; relations between sexual selection and speciation; constraints on sexual selection; and sex differences in signals, body size, and weapons. The rapidly growing study of sexual selection in plants is also reviewed. This volume will interest students, teachers, and researchers in behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology. [Résumé éditeur] Sexual selection [livre] / Andersson, M. . - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1994 . - 599 p.. - (Monographs in behavior and ecology) . ISBN : 978-0-691-00057-2 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Evolution  Selection  Sexual behaviour  Sexual selection in animals Résumé : 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 selection. The author describes the theory and its recent development; examines models, methods, and empirical tests; and identifies many unsolved problems. Among the topics discussed are the selection and evolution of mating preferences; relations between sexual selection and speciation; constraints on sexual selection; and sex differences in signals, body size, and weapons. The rapidly growing study of sexual selection in plants is also reviewed. This volume will interest students, teachers, and researchers in behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology. [Résumé éditeur]

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67718	AND_09_67718	Livre	Salle des ouvrages	09_Génétique_Evolution	Sorti jusqu'au 25/05/2043

A red bird in a brown bag: the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the House Finch / G. E. Hill (2002)  

Public ISBD Titre : A red bird in a brown bag: the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the House Finch Type de document : livre Auteurs : G. E. Hill Editeur : New York : Oxford University Press, NY Année de publication : 2002 Importance : 318 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-19-514848-0 Note générale : Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 10/04/2008 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Colour  House finch  Sexual selection in animals Résumé : This is an account of studies of the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the House Finch. It is also an engaging study on the evolution of sexual selection in birds and a lively portrait of the challenges and constraints of experimental design facing any field investigator working with animal behavior. Part I sets the stage for modern studies of the function of plumage coloration with a review of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Part II focuses on the proximate control and present function of plumage coloration. Part III takes a more explicitly evolutionary approach to the study of plumage coloration using biogeography and phylogeny to test hypotheses for why specific forms of plumage color display have evolved. It concludes with an account of comparative studies that have been conducted in the House Finch and other cardueline finches and the insight these studies have provided on the evolution of carotenoid-based ornamental coloration. [Résumé éditeur] Note de contenu : Hbk; En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy036/2001051022.html A red bird in a brown bag: the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the House Finch [livre] / G. E. Hill . - New York : Oxford University Press, NY, 2002 . - 318 p. ISBN : 978-0-19-514848-0 Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 10/04/2008 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Colour  House finch  Sexual selection in animals Résumé : This is an account of studies of the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the House Finch. It is also an engaging study on the evolution of sexual selection in birds and a lively portrait of the challenges and constraints of experimental design facing any field investigator working with animal behavior. Part I sets the stage for modern studies of the function of plumage coloration with a review of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Part II focuses on the proximate control and present function of plumage coloration. Part III takes a more explicitly evolutionary approach to the study of plumage coloration using biogeography and phylogeny to test hypotheses for why specific forms of plumage color display have evolved. It concludes with an account of comparative studies that have been conducted in the House Finch and other cardueline finches and the insight these studies have provided on the evolution of carotenoid-based ornamental coloration. [Résumé éditeur] Note de contenu : Hbk; En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy036/2001051022.html

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Animal beauty: on the evolution of biological aesthetics / Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (2019)  

Public ISBD Titre : Animal beauty: on the evolution of biological aesthetics Type de document : livre Auteurs : Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Auteur ; Suse Grützmacher, Illustrateur ; Jonathan Howard, Traducteur Editeur : Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press Année de publication : 2019 Importance : 116 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-262-03994-9 Prix : 11.99 GBP Note générale : First publ. 2017 as "Die Schönheit der Tiere: evolution biologischer Ästhetik", Matthes & Seitz Berlin. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Evolution (Biology)  Nature (Aesthetics)  Sexual selection in animals En ligne : https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/animal-beauty Animal beauty: on the evolution of biological aesthetics [livre] / Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Auteur ; Suse Grützmacher, Illustrateur ; Jonathan Howard, Traducteur . - Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 2019 . - 116 p. ISBN : 978-0-262-03994-9 : 11.99 GBP First publ. 2017 as "Die Schönheit der Tiere: evolution biologischer Ästhetik", Matthes & Seitz Berlin. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Evolution (Biology)  Nature (Aesthetics)  Sexual selection in animals En ligne : https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/animal-beauty

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69639	NUS_09_69639	Livre	Salle des ouvrages	09_Génétique_Evolution	Sorti jusqu'au 22/10/2044