Sexual Selection in Primates : New and Comparative Perspectives
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| Title: | Sexual Selection in Primates : New and Comparative Perspectives |
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| Description: | Sexual Selection in Primates provides an 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, sexual dimorphism in weapons, ornaments and armaments, sex ratios, sex differences in behaviour and development, mate choice, sexual conflict, sex-specific life history strategies, sperm competition and infanticide. The outcome of the evolutionary struggle between the sexes, the flexibility of roles and the leverage of females are discussed and emphasised throughout. Sexual Selection in Primates is aimed at graduates and researchers in primatology, animal behaviour, evolutionary biology and comparative psychology. |
| Authors: | Peter M. Kappeler, Carel P. van Schaik |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Primates, Sexual behavior in animals, Primates--Behavior, Sexual selection in animals |
| Categories: | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology, NATURE / Animals / Primates, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior) |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Sexual Selection in Primates provides an 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, sexual dimorphism in weapons, ornaments and armaments, sex ratios, sex differences in behaviour and development, mate choice, sexual conflict, sex-specific life history strategies, sperm competition and infanticide. The outcome of the evolutionary struggle between the sexes, the flexibility of roles and the leverage of females are discussed and emphasised throughout. Sexual Selection in Primates is aimed at graduates and researchers in primatology, animal behaviour, evolutionary biology and comparative psychology. |
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| ISBN: | 9780521537384 9780511195556 |
