Sexual selection in primates : new and comparative perspectives / / edited by Peter M. Kappeler & Carel P. van Schaik [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 599.8/1562
• Soggetto topico: Primates - Behavior; Sexual selection in animals
• Persona (resp. second.): KappelerPeter M.; SchaikCarel van
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sexual selection in primates
• ISBN: 1-107-14165-6; 1-280-47748-2; 9786610477487; 0-511-19489-7; 0-511-19555-9; 0-511-19345-9; 0-511-32709-9; 0-511-54245-3; 0-511-19419-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784422903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II