Sexual Selection and the Barn Swallow [PB]

Moller, Anders Pape

ISBN 10: 0198540280 / ISBN 13: 9780198540281

Published by Oxford University Press, 1994

About this Item

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, Møller 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. Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sexual Selection and the Barn Swallow [PB]
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198540280
• ISBN 13: 9780198540281
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Gregersen, Jens
• Condition: New
• Weight: 24 ounces

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Synopsis

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, Møller 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.

About the Author

Anders Pape Moller is at Uppsala University.