Mating Strategies and Partnerships in Birds, Humans and Other Mammals
Paperback
Publication Date: 11/09/2003
Why do males of some species live with a single mate when they are capable of fertilizing more than one female's eggs? Why do some females pair only with one male, and not with several partners? Why do birds usually live in pairs and feed chicks together whilst mammals often live in larger groups with females rearing their young without male help? These questions form the central theme of this book. Social monogamy is a complex, multi-faceted phenomenon that does not always correspond with reproductive monogamy, so a paired male may not necessarily be raising his own offspring. Exploring the variables influencing and maintaining the fascinating diversity of social, sexual and reproductive monogamous partnerships in birds, mammals and humans, this book provides clues to the biological roots of monogamy for students and researchers in behavioural ecology, evolutionary anthropology, primatology, zoology and ornithology.
- ISBN:
- 9780521525770
- 9780521525770
- Category:
- Animal behaviour
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 11-09-2003
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 278
- Dimensions (mm):
- 246x190x16mm
- Weight:
- 0.64kg
Click 'Notify Me' to get an email alert when this item becomes available
Great!
Click on Save to My Library / Lists
Click on Save to My Library / Lists
Select the List you'd like to categorise as, or add your own
Here you can mark if you have read this book, reading it or want to read
Awesome! You added your first item into your Library
Great! The fun begins.
Click on My Library / My Lists and I will take you there
Click on My Library / My Lists and I will take you there
You can find this item in:
Zoology: Mammals
Behavioural theory (Behaviourism)
Zoology & animal sciences
Animal behaviour
Sexual behaviour
Show more
Show less
Reviews
Be the first to review Monogamy.
Share This Book: