Vertebrate mating systems : proceedings of the 14th course of the International School of Ethology, Erice, Italy, 28 November-3 December, 1998 /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Apollonio, Marco, Festa-Bianchet, Marco, Mainardi, Danilo
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, [2000]
Series:Science and culture series (Singapore). Ethology.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Sexual selection and mate choice: trade-offs for males and females
  • Ornaments and good genes: progress in research through paradoxes and para digms
  • Mating systems and morphology: what can phylogenies tell us about the evolution of sexual dimorphism in lekking birds?
  • Demographic analyses of mating systems
  • Environmental effects on the evolution of mating systems in endotherms
  • Environmental variation: the effects on vertebrate mating systems with special reference to ectotherms
  • Mating patterns, sexual selection and parental care: an integrative approach
  • Vertebrate mating systems, Allee effects and conservation
  • Mating systems and conservation at large spatial scales
  • A retrospective and prospective look at the role of genetics in mating systems: toward a balanced view of the sexes
  • Genetics of avian mating systems.