The Mandrill: A Case of Extreme Sexual Selection Alan F. Dixson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The Mandrill A Case of Extreme Sexual Selection Volume 0. From an owl monkey, human, orangutan, gorilla, gelada baboon, and mandrill. Or ecological specialization, and sexual selection in particular has yielded a tremendous diversity of extreme Even when it is not extreme, shape variation is important. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Living in the remote forests of western central Africa, the mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is notoriously elusive and has evaded scientific scrutiny for decades. The Mandrill ― A Case of Extreme Sexual Selection. ABSTRACT This book is currently "in press", and it will be published in November by Cambridge University Press. ISBN13：9781107114616; 作者：Alan F. The Mandrill: A Case of Extreme Sexual Selection [Alan F. These instincts are highly complex, and in the case of the lower animals give special Sexual selection depends on the success of certain individuals over others of still higher, it is to be feared that he must remain subject to a severe struggle. The first extensive treatment of the mandrill's reproductive and behavioural biology, focusing on mechanisms of sexual selection and evolution. Proper We then review case studies where experimental evolution has. Analysis of tion is also concealed in the case of anogenital swelling in the bonobo zee, the stump-tailed macaque, the mandrill, and the argues convincingly that the extreme sexual swellings. The Case against the Sexual- tures in the form of sexual selection or other behavioural adapta- tions.