Sexual Selection in Primates
New and Comparative Perspectives
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- Peter M. Kappeler, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Göttingen, Germany
- Carel P. van Schaik, Duke University, North Carolina
- Date Published: July 2004
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521537384
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Successful reproduction is not always a cooperative affair, but rather a competition between males, with females having the final "say." Throughout there is conflict regarding when, with whom and how often mating should occur. This volume provides the first comprehensive summary of the various forms of sexual communication and behavior and the consequences of the interaction between the sexes.
Read more- Links empirical studies with evolutionary theory
- A comprehensive volume on sexual selection in primates, including humans
- Contributions are from leading international primatologists and evolutionary biologists
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"The book contains useful information for both novices and experts, with a good mix of theory and data. Anyone interested in either sexual selection or primates will find this volume useful, and it should be required reading for everyone interested in both topics." The Quarterly Review, Thore Bergman, Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Date Published: July 2004
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521537384
- length: 300 pages
- dimensions: 247 x 190 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.85kg
- contains: 46 b/w illus. 14 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of contributors
Foreword Robert L. Trivers
Preface
Part I. Introduction:
1. Sexual selection in primates: review and selective preview Peter M. Kappeler and Carel P. van Schaik
2. What is sexual selection? Tim H. Clutton-Brock
3. Sex roles, contests for the control of reproduction and sexual selection Patricia Adair Gowaty
Part II. Sexual Signals: Substrates and Function:
4. Sexual selection and communication Charles T. Snowdon
5. Sexual selection and exaggerated sexual swellings of female primates Dietmar P. 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 Thornhill
Part III. Sexual Selection in Action:
7. Sexual selection, behaviour and sexually transmitted diseases Charles L. Nunn and Sonia M. Altizer
8. Mating conflict in primates: infanticide, sexual harassment and female sexuality Carel P. van Schaik, Gauri R. Pradhan and Maria A. van Noordwijk
9. Post-copulatory sexual selection in birds and primates Tim R. Birkhead and Peter M. Kappeler
Part IV. Development and Consequences:
10. Development and sexual selection in primates Joanna M. Setchell and Phyllis C. Lee
11. Alternative male reproductive strategies: male bimaturism in orangutans Suci Atmoko Utami 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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