Sexual Selection in Primates
Subtitle: New and Comparative Perspectives
Contributors: Peter M. Kappeler (Editor); Carel P. van Schaik (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 5, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780521537384
Subjects: Animal behaviour; Behavioural theory (Behaviourism); Primates; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Zoology - Primatology; Science; Sexual selection in animals; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Science / Biology; Science / Zoology; Science : Life Sciences - Zoology - Primatology; Behavior
First sentence: Sexual selection theory has provided a successful framework for studying sex differences in behavior, morphology, development and reproductive strategies, as well as the resulting mating systems (Campbell, 1972; Emlen &amp; Oring, 1977; Bradbury &amp; Andersson, 1987; Andersson, 1994).