 Darwin as to the display of color and ornaments by the male birds, there is a total absence of any evidence that the females admire or even notice this display. The hen, the turkey, and the pea-fowl, go on feeding while the male is displaying his finery,...  The American Naturalist - Pagina 7191877Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | Thomas Hunt Morgan - 1913 - 306 pagini
...choice, while much of the strongest evidence is directly opposed to this view." Again, Wallace says: "Amid the copious mass of facts and opinions collected...a total absence of any evidence that the females, as a rule, admire or even notice this display. The hen, the turkey, and the peafowl go on feeding,... | |
 | David Patrick, William Geddie - 1927 - 936 pagini
...the other hand, Alfred Russel Wallace maintains a very different position. ' There is,' he says, ' a total absence of any evidence that the females admire or even notice the display of the males. Among butterflies there is literally not one particle of evidence that the... | |
 | Helena Cronin - 1991 - 510 pagini
...Wallace, the female generally pays so little attention to the male's display of finery that 'there is reason to believe that it is his persistency and...energy rather than his beauty which wins the day' (Wallace 1889, p. 370). According to Wallace it follows from his view that female choice has little... | |
 | 1877 - 1072 pagini
...paterns, are due probably to general laws of growth and to that superabundant vitality which we have seen to be a cause of color. But there are many considerations...is reason to believe that it is his persistency and 8o 81 tnerjjy rather than his beauty which wins the day. Again, evidence collected by Mr. Darwin himself... | |
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