Sexual Selection
Perspectives and Models from the Neotropics
Published on 28. November 2013
Book
Hardback
466 pages
978-0-12-416028-6 (ISBN)
Description
Sexual Selection: Perspectives and Models from the Neotropics presents new sexual selection research based upon neotropical species. As neotropical regions are destroyed at an alarming rate, with an estimated 140 species of rainforest plants and animals going extinct every day, it is important to bring neotropical research to the fore now.
Sexual selection occurs when the male or female of a species is attracted by certain characteristics such as form, color or behavior. When those features lead to a greater probability of successful mating, they become more prominent in the species. Although most theoretical concepts concerning sexual selection and reproductive strategies are based upon North American and European fauna, the Neotropical region encompasses much more biodiversity, with as many as 15,000 plant and animal species in a single acre of rain forest.
This book illustrates concepts in sexual selection through themes ranging from female cryptic choice in insects, sexual conflict in fish, interaction between sexual selection and the immune system, nuptial gifts, visual and acoustic sexual signaling, parental investment, to alternative mating strategies, among others. These approaches distinguish Sexual Selection from current publications in sexual selection, mainly because of the latitudinal and taxonomic focus, so that readers will be introduced to systems mostly unknown outside the tropics, several of which bring into question some well-established patterns for temperate regions.
Sexual selection occurs when the male or female of a species is attracted by certain characteristics such as form, color or behavior. When those features lead to a greater probability of successful mating, they become more prominent in the species. Although most theoretical concepts concerning sexual selection and reproductive strategies are based upon North American and European fauna, the Neotropical region encompasses much more biodiversity, with as many as 15,000 plant and animal species in a single acre of rain forest.
This book illustrates concepts in sexual selection through themes ranging from female cryptic choice in insects, sexual conflict in fish, interaction between sexual selection and the immune system, nuptial gifts, visual and acoustic sexual signaling, parental investment, to alternative mating strategies, among others. These approaches distinguish Sexual Selection from current publications in sexual selection, mainly because of the latitudinal and taxonomic focus, so that readers will be introduced to systems mostly unknown outside the tropics, several of which bring into question some well-established patterns for temperate regions.
Reviews / Votes
"We are left convinced of the important place of the neotropics in sexual selection theory." --The Quarterly Review of BiologyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
920 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-416028-6 (9780124160286)
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09/2013
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Macroecology of sexual selection: large-scale influence of climate on sexually selected traits
Rogelio Macias-Ordonez, 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-Garduno and Jorge Canales Lazcano
4. Territorial mating systems in butterflies: what we know and what Neotropical species can show
Paulo Enrique Cardoso Peixoto and Luis Mendoza-Cuenca
5. Macroecology of harvestman mating systems
Bruno A. Buzatto, Rogelio Macias-Ordonez, and Glauco Machado
6. Adventurous females and demanding males: sex role reversal in a Neotropical spider
Anita Aisenberg
7. Ecology and evolution of nuptial gifts in spiders
Maria J. Albo, Soren Toft, and Trine Bilde
8. Paternal care and sexual selection in arthropods
Gustavo S. Requena, Roberto Munguia-Steyer, and Glauco Machado
9. 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 Rios-Cardenas
10. Mode of reproduction, mate choice and species richness in Goodeid fish
Constantino Macias Garcia
11. Ecology, parental care and mating systems in Neotropical poison frogs
James Tumulty and Kyle Summers
12. Testosterone, territoriality and social interactions in Neotropical birds
John C. Wingfield, Rodrigo A. Vasquez, and Ignacio T. Moore
13. Sexual selection and the evolution of vocal mating signals: lessons from Neotropical songbirds
Jeffrey Podos
14. Impacts of mating behavior on plant-animal seed dispersal mutualisms: a case study from a Neotropical lek-breeding bird
Jordan Karubian and Renata Duraes
15. Flights of fancy: mating behavior and ornamentation in a Neotropical bird
Lilian Manica, Jefferson Graves, Jeffrey Podos and Regina Macedo
16. Sexual selection in Neotropical bats
Christian C. Voigt
Rogelio Macias-Ordonez, 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-Garduno and Jorge Canales Lazcano
4. Territorial mating systems in butterflies: what we know and what Neotropical species can show
Paulo Enrique Cardoso Peixoto and Luis Mendoza-Cuenca
5. Macroecology of harvestman mating systems
Bruno A. Buzatto, Rogelio Macias-Ordonez, and Glauco Machado
6. Adventurous females and demanding males: sex role reversal in a Neotropical spider
Anita Aisenberg
7. Ecology and evolution of nuptial gifts in spiders
Maria J. Albo, Soren Toft, and Trine Bilde
8. Paternal care and sexual selection in arthropods
Gustavo S. Requena, Roberto Munguia-Steyer, and Glauco Machado
9. 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 Rios-Cardenas
10. Mode of reproduction, mate choice and species richness in Goodeid fish
Constantino Macias Garcia
11. Ecology, parental care and mating systems in Neotropical poison frogs
James Tumulty and Kyle Summers
12. Testosterone, territoriality and social interactions in Neotropical birds
John C. Wingfield, Rodrigo A. Vasquez, and Ignacio T. Moore
13. Sexual selection and the evolution of vocal mating signals: lessons from Neotropical songbirds
Jeffrey Podos
14. Impacts of mating behavior on plant-animal seed dispersal mutualisms: a case study from a Neotropical lek-breeding bird
Jordan Karubian and Renata Duraes
15. Flights of fancy: mating behavior and ornamentation in a Neotropical bird
Lilian Manica, Jefferson Graves, Jeffrey Podos and Regina Macedo
16. Sexual selection in Neotropical bats
Christian C. Voigt