"Animals Reproduction Climatic factors." . . "Animal behavior Climatic factors." . . "Natural Selection" . . "Sexuelle Selektion." . . "Tiere." . . "Pflanzen." . . "Sexual selection in animals Latin America." . . "Latin America." . . "Science." . . "SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sexual selection : perspectives and models from the Neotropics"@en . "Sexual selection : perspectives and models from the Neotropics" . "Sexual Selection Perspectives and Models from the Neotropics"@en . . "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 s."@en . . . . . . . . "Sexual selection perspectives and models from the neotropics"@en . . . . . . . . "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."@en . . "Electronic books"@en . "Sexual selection perspectives and models from the Neotropics" . . . . . . . . "Sexual selection in animals." . . . . "Sélection sexuelle chez les animaux Amérique latine." . . "Neotropische Region." . .