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050 00 $aQL696.P247$bM64 1994
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100 1 $aMøller, A. P.$q(Anders Pape)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79044468
245 10 $aSexual selection and the barn swallow /$cAnders Pape Møller.
260 $aOxford [England] ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1994.
263 $a9405
300 $ax, 365 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aOxford series in ecology and evolution
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [335]-355) and indexes.
505 0 $a1. 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. Paternal 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.
520 $aThe main theme of Sexual Selection and the Barn Swallow is that sexual selection is important and affects many aspects of animal life such as mating behaviour, mating competition, 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.
520 8 $aThis study constitutes a major empirical test of the theoretical predictions and will be of special interest to students of behavioural and evolutionary ecology.
520 8 $aThe first two chapters present a concise, insightful 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 field work on the monogamous barn swallow.
520 8 $aMoller explores the roles of behaviour, ecology, morphology, genetics, and evolution to provide a valuable synthesis of this work to date.
650 0 $aBarn swallow$xEvolution.
650 0 $aBarn swallow$xBehavior.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009010616
650 0 $aSexual selection in animals.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85120741
830 0 $aOxford series in ecology and evolution.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90705083
852 00 $boff,psy$hQL696.P247$iM64 1994