Sexual selection in primates : new and comparative perspectives /

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Sexual Selection in Primates provides an up-to-date account of all aspects of sexual selection in primates, combining theoretical insights, comprehensive reviews of the primate literature and comparative perspectives from relevant work on other mammals, birds and humans. Topics include sex roles, se...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kappeler, Peter M., Schaik, Carel van
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Temas:
Primates > Behavior.
Sexual selection in animals.
Primates.
Sexual behavior in animals.
Primates
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Mating Preference, Animal
Primates > Mœurs et comportement.
Sélection sexuelle chez les animaux.
Comportement sexuel chez les animaux.
Primates (order)
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Primatology.
NATURE > Animals > Primates.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Robert L. Trivers
  • 1. Sexual selection in primates : review and selective preview / Peter M. Kappeler and Carel P. van Schaik
  • 2. What is sexual selection? / Timothy H. Clutton-Brock
  • 3. Sex roles, contests for the control of reproduction and sexual selection / Patricia Adair Gowaty
  • 4. Sexual selection and communication / Charles T. Snowdon
  • 5. Sexual selection and exaggerated sexual swellings of female primates / Dietmar Zinner, Charles L. Nunn, Carel P. van Schaik and Peter M. Kappeler
  • 6. Female multiple mating and genetic benefits in humans : investigations of design / Steven W. Gangestad and Randy Thornill
  • 7. Sexual selection, behaviour and sexually transmitted disease / Charles L. Nunn and Sonia M. Altizer
  • 8. Infanticide by males, sex and harassment in primates / Carel P. van Schail, Gauri R. Pradhan and Maria A. van Noordwijk
  • 9. Post-copulatory sexual selection in birds and primates / Tim R. Birkhead and Peter M. Kappeler
  • 10. Development and sexual selection in primates / Joanna M. Setchell and Phyllis C. Lee
  • 11. Alternative male reproductive strategies : male bimaturism in orangutans / Suci Utami Atmoko and Jan A.R.A.M. van Hooff
  • 12. Sexual selection and the careers of primate males : paternity concentration, dominance acquisition tactics and transfer decisions / Maria A. van Noordwijk and Carel P. van Schaik
  • 13. Sexual selection, measures of sexual selection and sexual dimorphism in primates / J. Michael Plavcan
  • 14. Sex ratios in primate groups / Joan B. Silk and Gillian R. Brown
  • 15. Natural and sexual selection and the evolution of multi-level societies : insights from zebras with comparisons to primates / Daniel I. Rubenstein and Mace Hack.

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