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A red bird in a brown bag : the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the house finch /
Presents a study on the evolution of sexual selection in birds, as addressed through a research program by an ornithologist. This book also gives a portrait of the challenges and constraints of experimental design facing any field investigator working with animal behaviour.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Colección: | Oxford ornithology series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. 1. Prelude
- Darwinism and Wallacism: a brief account of the long history of the study of plumage coloration
- A red bird in a brown bag: an introduction to the House Finch
- In the eye of the beholder: color vision and the quantification of color
- pt. 2. The proximate control and function of red plumage
- You are what you eat: plumage pigments and carotenoid physiology
- A matter of condition: the effects of environment on plumage coloration
- Darwin vindicated: female choice and sexual selection in the House Finch
- Fine fathers and good genes: the direct and indirect benefits of female choice
- Studs, duds, and studly duds: plumage coloration, hormones, and dominance
- The feeling's mutual: female plumage coloration and male mate choice
- pt. 3. Biogeography and the evolution of colorful plumage
- From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli (New York): populations, subspecies, and geographic variation in ornamental coloration
- Why red? The evolution of color display.