Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgments1The Theory of Sexual Selection32Genetic Models of Fisherian Self-Reinforcing Sexual Selection323Genetic Models of Indicator Mechanisms534Empirical Methods805Some Case Studies1006Empirical Studies of Sexually Selected Traits: Patterns1247Sexual Selection in Relation to Mating System and Parental Roles1438Benefits of Mate Choice1849Species Recognition, Sexual Selection, and Speciation20710Constraints22711Sexual Size Dimorphism24712Weapons29513Coloration and Other Visual Signals31514Acoustic Signals34915Chemical Signals36916Alternative Mating Tactics37917Sexual Selection in Plants39618Sexual Selection: Conclusions and Open Questions433References445Author Index561Subject Index581Taxonomic Index588

About the Author

Malte Andersson is Professor of Zoology at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.

Reviews

One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1995 "Sexual Selection provides a masterly account of both the complex mathematical theory and the relevant data... [It] deserves to be widely read as a definitive summary of what we know about sexual selection and as a guide to what remains to be done."--Trends in Ecology and Evolution