Arena Birds: Sexual Selection and Behavior

As new hardcover in dust jacket. light shelf wear. Color photos and line illustrations. Focusing on the most resplendent birds, including pheasants, grouse, manakins, whydahs, and birds-of-paradise, Johnsgard describes sexual selection and reviews the many theories, and their implications to genetic transmission. Catalog sale copies may or may not have dust jackets and may be later printings.