Monogamy : Mating Strategies and Partnerships in Birds, Humans and Other Mammals
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'This book provides an up-to-date and important contribution on monogamy in birds, humans and other mammals ... this is an excellent and very informative book which will be of use to anyone interested in mating systems and mating strategies. It highlights the many as yet unresolved questions concerning the evolution of monogamy and should stimulate new avenues of research.' Primate Eye
'All in all it is a very impressive collection of studies.' David J. Chivers, Folia Primatologica
'... this volume is both interesting and provocative. Everyone interested in social systems in vertebrates and the theoretical issues that are still unsettled will want a copy of this book.' Primates
Book Description
Why do birds often live in pairs and rear chicks together, whereas female mammals usually live in groups and rear their young without male help? Why do males sometimes live with a single mate when they are capable of fertilizing more than one female's eggs? Is male helping behavior important for monogamous partnerships? This book provides answers concerning the biological roots of social monogamy in animal groups as diverse as ungulates, carnivores, rodents, birds and primates (including humans) for students and researchers in behavioral ecology, evolutionary anthropology and zoology.
Monogamy : Mating Strategies and Partnerships in Birds, Humans and Other Mammals
Monogamy: Mating Strategies and Partnerships in Birds, Humans and Other Mammals,Ulrich H. Reichard,Christophe Boesch,Cambridge University Press,0521819733,Behavior,Bird Behavior,Birds & Birdwatching - General,Human Sexuality,Life Sciences - Zoology - General,Life Sciences - Zoology - Mammals,Mammalian Behavior,Mammals,Nature,Psychology,Psychology, Comparative,Science,Sex customs,Sexual behavior in animals,Animal behaviour,Behavioural theory (Behaviourism),Science / Zoology
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