Monogamy: Mating Strategies and Partnerships in Birds, Humans and Other MammalsUlrich H. Reichard, Christophe Boesch Cambridge University Press, 11.09.2003 - 267 Seiten Publisher's description: 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 behavioral ecology, evolutionary anthropology, primatology, zoology and ornithology. |
Inhalt
Monogamy past and present | 3 |
Evolution of social monogamy | 27 |
The evolution of monogamy mating relationships parental care and sexual selection | 29 |
Mate guarding and the evolution of social monogamy in mammals | 42 |
The evolution of social monogamy in primates | 59 |
The evolution of social and reproductive monogamy in Peromyscus evidence from Peromyscus californicus the California mouse | 81 |
Reproductive strategies of socially monogamous males and females | 93 |
Social functions of copulation in the socially monogamous razorbill Alca torda | 95 |
Social monogamy and social polygyny in a solitary ungulate the Japanese serow Capricornis crispus | 147 |
Reproductive strategies of human and nonhuman primates | 159 |
Ecological and social complexities in human monogamy | 161 |
Social monogamy in a human society marriage and reproductive success among the Dogon | 177 |
the male perspective | 190 |
Pair living and mating strategies in the fattailed dwarf lemur Cheirogaleus medius | 214 |
Social monogamy and its variations in callitrichids do these relate to the costs of infant care? | 232 |
Monogamy in New World primates what can patterns of olfactory communication tell us? | 248 |
Social and reproductive monogamy in rodents the case of the Malagasy giant jumping rat Hypogeomys antimena Simone Sommer | 109 |
Social polyandry and promiscuous mating in a primatelike carnivore the kinkajou Potos flaws | 125 |
Monogamy correlates socioecological factors and mating systems in beavers | 138 |
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adult males Animal Behaviour antimena associated beavers Behavioral Ecology benefits Biology biparental birds breeding Brotherton californicus callitrichids chapter Cheirogaleus medius Clutton-Brock costs defend dik-dik dispersed Dogon Dunbar Ecology and Sociobiology Ethology evolution of monogamy evolution of social Evolutionary extra-pair copulations extra-pair paternity fat-tailed dwarf lemur female ranges female's fertility Fietz genetic gibbons Hylobates golden lion tamarins Goldizen habitats home range Hypogeomys hypothesis individuals infant Infanticide by Males Japanese serow Journal of Primatology Khao Yai kinkajous Kleiman Komers lemur litter males and females mammals marmosets mate guarding mating systems monogamous species monogamy in mammals observed offspring pair bonds pair living pair-living partner Peromyscus polyandry polygyny population predation risk primates Primatology razorbills Reichard relationship reproductive success Ribble scent marking Schaik & Kappeler season sexual selection social mating social monogamy Sociobiology solitary Sommer sperm competition strategies suggested survival Tilson tion tive uniform pairs variable pairs variation