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1 online resource (479 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Macroecology of sexual selection : large-scale influence of climate on sexually selected traits / Rogelio Macías-Ordóñez, Glauco Machado and Regina H. Macedo -- Sexual selection in neotropical species : rules and exceptions / Alfredo V. Peretti -- Secondary sexual traits, immune response, parasites, and pathogens : the importance of studying neotropical insects / Jorge Contreras-Garduño and Jorge Canales Lazcano -- Territorial mating systems in butterflies : what we know and what neotropical species can show / Paulo Enrique Cardoso Peixoto and Luis Mendoza-Cuenca -- Macroecology of harvestman mating systems / Bruno A. Buzatto, Rogelio Macías-Ordóñez and Glauco Machado -- Adventurous females and demanding males : sex role reversal in a neotropical spider / Anita Aisenberg -- Sexual selection, ecology, and evolution of nuptial gifts in spiders / Maria J. Albo, Søren Toft and Trine Bilde -- Paternal care and sexual selection in arthropods / Gustavo S. Requena, Roberto Munguía-Steyer and Glauco Machado -- Underestimating the role of female preference and sexual conflict in the evolution of ARTs in fishes : insights from a clade of neotropical fishes / Molly R. Morris and Oscar Ríos-Cardenas -- Mode of reproduction, mate choice, and species richness in goodeid fish / Constantino Macías Garcia -- Parental care, sexual selection, and mating systems in neotropical poison frogs / Kyle Summers and James Tumulty -- Testosterone, territoriality, and social interactions in neotropical birds / John C. Wingfield, Rodrigo A. Vasquez and Ignacio T. Moore -- Sexual selection and the evolution of vocal mating signals : lessons from neotropical songbirds / Jeffrey Podos -- Impacts of mating behavior on plant-animal seed dispersal mutualisms : a case study from a neotropical lek-breeding bird / Jordan Karubian and Renata Durães -- Flights of fancy : mating behavior, displays and ornamentation in a neotropical bird / Lilian T. Manica, Jeffrey Podos, Jefferson Graves and Regina H. Macedo -- Sexual selection in neotropical bats / Christian C. Voigt. |
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Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Sexual selection in animals -- Latin America.
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Animals -- Reproduction -- Climatic factors.
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Animal behavior -- Climatic factors.
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Electronic books.
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Macedo, Regina H. (Regina Helena), 1958- editor.
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Machado, Glauco, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sexual selection : perspectives and models from the Neotropics. Amsterdam : Elsevier, AP, [2014] xxiv, 441 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm 9780124160286 (OCoLC)ocn854749429 |
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9780124160286 (hbk) |
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012416028X (hbk) |
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9780123914569 (e-book) |
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