Sexual Selection
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 prompt...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Auteur principal: | Andersson, M. B. |
Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
1994.
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Collection: | Monographs in Behavior and Ecology Ser.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
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