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020			_a9781316335345 (ebook)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQL737.P93 _bD59 2015
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100	1		_aDixson, Alan F., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe mandrill : _ba case of extreme sexual selection / _cAlan F. Dixson, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2015.
300			_a1 online resource (xvi, 244 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Feb 2016).
520			_aLiving in the remote forests of western central Africa, the mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is notoriously elusive and has evaded scientific scrutiny for decades. Yet, it is the largest and most sexually dimorphic of all the Old World monkeys, and perhaps the most colourful of all the mammals. Synthesising the results of more than twenty-five years of research, this is the first extensive treatment of the mandrill's reproductive and behavioural biology. Dixson explores in detail the role that sexual selection has played in shaping the mandrill's evolution, covering mechanisms of mate choice, intra-sexual competition, sperm competition and cryptic female choice. Bringing to life, through detailed descriptions and rich illustrations, the mandrill's communicatory biology and the functions of its brightly coloured adornments, this book sheds new light on the evolutionary biology of this fascinating primate.
650		0	_aMandrill.
650		0	_aMandrill _xReproduction.
650		0	_aSexual selection in animals.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107114616
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316335345
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