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Sexual Selection in Primates

New and Comparative Perspectives

Carel P van Schaik editor Peter M Kappeler editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:13th May '04

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Sexual Selection in Primates is a comprehensive summary of primate sexual interactions.

Sexual Selection in Primates is a book about primate sexual strategies. This volume provides a comprehensive summary of the various forms of communication and behaviour and their consequences. Sexual Selection in Primates is aimed at graduates and researchers in primatology, animal behaviour, evolutionary biology and comparative psychology.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.

"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

ISBN: 9780521537384

Dimensions: 247mm x 190mm x 17mm

Weight: 850g

300 pages