Sexual Selection - Regina H. Macedo, Glauco Machado

Sexual Selection: Perspectives and Models from the Neotropics presents new sexual selection research based upon neotropical species. Sexual selection occurs when the male or female of a species is attracted by certain characteristics such as form, color or behavior. 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.

When those features lead to a greater probability of successful mating, they become more prominent in the species. Al