Social Behavior of Female Vertebrates by Samuel Wasser
By Samuel Wasser
Organized into 3 elements encompassing thirteen chapters, this quantity starts off with an outline of behavioral biology and resources of edition in lady reproductive luck. It then discusses the institution and upkeep of intercourse biases, intercourse variations mediated through sexual choice, constraints on woman selection within the mottled sculpin, mate selection via adult females in sexual collection of chicken tune, and feminine manipulation of male avoidance of cuckoldry habit within the ring dove. The reader is additionally brought to the evolution of polyandry in shorebirds; reproductive techniques in human ladies; social and health-seeking behaviors of Taiwanese ladies; lady roles in cooperatively breeding acorn woodpeckers; altruism in coati bands; cooperation and reproductive pageant between girl African elephants; mate selection in matrilineal macaque teams; and reproductive festival and cooperation between lady yellow baboons.
This ebook is a beneficial source for scientists and behavioral biologists, in addition to lay humans whose pursuits span quite a few fields.
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Social Behavior of Female Vertebrates
Social habit of woman Vertebrates specializes in the evolution of reproductive habit in woman vertebrates starting from fish to birds and people, together with problems with mate selection and different components underlying lady attitudes towards men. It additionally appears on the evolution of mating platforms; the co-evolution of the sexes; sex-role reversal; reproductive pageant among ladies; maternal habit; and the way ladies increase the funding obtained by way of their offspring from others.
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