Sexual Selection and the Barn Swallow (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780198540281)

This informative book details the important effects sexual selection has on barn swallow mating behavior, mating competition, parental care, host-parasite interactions, and migration strategies. The first two chapters present a concise, insightful review of the two main components of sexual selection theory--male-male competition and female choice. Citing evidence from the author's long-term field work on the monogamous barn swallow, subsequent chapters investigate the advantages held by males with colorful plumage and by females who are choosy when selecting a mating partner. In his exploration of the roles of behavior, ecology, morphology, genetics, and evolution, M ller provides an invaluable synthesis of barn swallow mating behavior research. Students and researchers of ecology, animal behavior, ornithology, and evolutionary biology will welcome this book.

Author: Anders Pape Møller
ISBN-10: 0198540280
ISBN-13: 9780198540281
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/30/1994
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.28w x 0.85d