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Mating Systems and Strategies

Author : Stephen M. Shuster
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691206880
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Mating Systems and Strategies written by Stephen M. Shuster and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the first unified conceptual and statistical framework for understanding the evolution of reproductive strategies. Using the concept of the opportunity for sexual selection, the authors illustrate how and why sexual selection, though restricted to one sex and opposed in the other, is one of the strongest and fastest of all evolutionary forces. They offer a statistical framework for studying mating system evolution and apply it to patterns of alternative mating strategies. In doing so, they provide a method for quantifying how the strength of sexual selection is affected by the ecological and life history processes that influence females' spatial and temporal clustering and reproductive schedules. Directly challenging verbal evolutionary models that attempt to explain reproductive behavior without quantitative reference to evolutionary genetics, this book establishes a more solid theoretical foundation for the field. Among the weaknesses the authors find in the existing data is the apparent ubiquity of condition-dependent mating tactics. They identify factors likely to contribute to the evolution of alternative mating strategies--which they argue are more common than generally believed--and illustrate how to measure the strength of selection acting on them. Lastly, they offer predictions on the covariation of mating systems and strategies, consider the underlying developmental biology behind male polyphenism, and propose directions for future research. Informed by genetics, this is a comprehensive and rigorous new approach to explaining mating systems and strategies that will influence a wide swath of evolutionary biology.

The Evolution of Reproductive Strategies

Author : Paul H. Harvey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780521413183
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Reproductive Strategies written by Paul H. Harvey and published by . This book was released on 1991-10 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Reproductive Strategies

Author : Thomas Johannes de Jong
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521821421
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)

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Book Synopsis Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Reproductive Strategies by : Thomas Johannes de Jong

Download or read book Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Reproductive Strategies written by Thomas Johannes de Jong and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-10-13 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book places the wealth of data that have been collected on plants into the unifying framework of game theory.

The Evolution of Reproductive Strategies

Author : Paul H. Harvey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Reproductive Strategies written by Paul H. Harvey and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how biology is now a truly integrated field in which ecologists, ethologists, physiologists, geneticists, evolutionary biologists and comparative anatomists all have their parts to play.

Reproductive Biology of Bats

Author : Elizabeth G. Crichton
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9780080540535
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Reproductive Biology of Bats written by Elizabeth G. Crichton and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2000-06-12 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reproductive Biology of Bats presents the first comprehensive, in-depth review of the current knowledge and supporting literature concerning the behavior, anatomy, physiology and reproductive strategies of bats. These mammals, which occur world-wide and comprise a vast assemblage of species, have evolved unique and successful reproductive strategies through varied anatomical and physiological specialization. These are accompanied by individual and/or group behavioral interactions, usually in response to environmental mechanisms essential to their reproductive success. Is the first book devoted to the reproductive biology of bats Contains in-depth reviews of the literature concerned with bat reproduction Contributors are widely recognized specialists Provides a powerful database for future research

The Evolution of Mating Systems in Insects and Arachnids

Author : Jae C. Choe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521580293
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (215 download)

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Book Synopsis The Evolution of Mating Systems in Insects and Arachnids by : Jae C. Choe

Download or read book The Evolution of Mating Systems in Insects and Arachnids written by Jae C. Choe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-06-12 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insects and arachnids display the most impressive diversity of mating and social behaviour among all animals. This book investigates sexual competition in these groups, and the variety of ways in which males and females pursue, persuade, manipulate, control and help one another, enabling us to gain a better understanding of how conflicts and confluences of interest evolve together. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of mating systems in particular insect and arachnid groups, discusses intrinsic and extrinsic factors responsible for observed mating strategies, and suggests fruitful avenues for further research. The book culminates in a synthesis, reviewing the date in terms of the theory of sexual conflict. This broad-based book will be of immense value to students and researchers interested in reproductive strategies, behavioural ecology, entomology and arachnology.

Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality

Author : Joseph Lee Rodgers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146154467X
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)

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Book Synopsis Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality by : Joseph Lee Rodgers

Download or read book Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality written by Joseph Lee Rodgers and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent work in quantitative biology has shown theoretically why Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection does not preclude genetic influences on fertility, sexuality, and related processes. Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality takes the next step, and presents a number of successful empirical searches for such genetic influence on a broad range of processes, such as puberty, marriage, sexual behavior, and twinning. Employing a broad range of methodological approaches, including molecular and behavioral genetics, this book weaves a new theoretical framework that shows how genes can help relate fertility planning to fertility outcome, and how puberty, sexuality, marriage, and reproduction can be conceptually linked through the genes that contribute to individual differences in the human process.

Mammalian Sexuality

Author : Alan F. Dixson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108699499
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Mammalian Sexuality written by Alan F. Dixson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-03 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are more than 6000 species belonging to twenty-seven orders in the Class Mammalia. Comparative studies of this diverse and magnificent array of extant species provide valuable opportunities to formulate and test hypotheses concerning the evolution of reproduction. This is the first book to explore, in depth and breadth, the complex interrelationships that exist between patterns of mating behaviour and the evolution of mammalian reproductive anatomy and physiology. It focuses upon the role that copulatory and post-copulatory sexual selection have played during the evolution of the monotremes, marsupials and placental mammals, and examines the effects of sperm competition and cryptic female choice upon coevolution of the genitalia in the two sexes. In addition, due weight is also given to discussions of the modes of life of mammals, and to the roles played by natural selection and phylogeny in determining their reproductive traits.

Long-term Ecological Change in the Northern Gulf of Alaska

Author : R.B. Spies
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080469426
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Long-term Ecological Change in the Northern Gulf of Alaska by : R.B. Spies

Download or read book Long-term Ecological Change in the Northern Gulf of Alaska written by R.B. Spies and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2006-12-12 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive text is a major synthesis on ecological change in the Gulf of Alaska. It encompasses the structural and annual changes, forces of change, long-ecological changes in the atmosphere and ocean, plankton, fish, birds and mammals, and the effects of the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. With 5 major sections, Long-term Ecological Change in the Northern Gulf of Alaska first describes the physical features, the atmosphere and physical oceanography, the annual production cycle, the forage base for higher animals and trophic transfer, and the adaptations for survival in this changing environment for 9 portal species. Then, the major forces of change are introduced: climate, geophysics, fisheries and harvesting, species interactions, disease and contaminants. Next, the long-term records of change in physical factors and biological populations are presented, as well as the potential reasons for the biological changes. Following is the history of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and its long-term effects. And, finally, the emergent properties of the ecosystem are discussed and an attempt is made to weigh the importance of the major forcing factors in terms of their temporal and spatial scales of influence. * Examines important data on long-term change in the ecosystem and the forcing factors that are responsible for it * Provides an account of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill with emphasis on the long-term effects * Describes the effects of climate change, geophysical change, species interactions, harvesting, disease, the 1989 oil spill, and marine contaminants on key populations of marine organisms

The Biogeography of the Australian North West Shelf

Author : Barry Wilson
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780124095168
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book The Biogeography of the Australian North West Shelf written by Barry Wilson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Biogeography of the Australian North West Shelf provides the first assembly of existing information of the North West Shelf in terms of geological, oceanographic and climatological history and current understanding of such issues as biodiversity, connectivity, larval dispersal and speciation in the sea that determine the distribution patterns of its invertebrate fauna. It is intended as a source of information and ideas on the biota of the shelf and its evolutionary origins and affinities and the environmental drivers of species' ecology and distribution and ecosystem function. Regulators and industry environmental managers worldwide, but especially on the resource-rich North West Shelf, are faced with having to make decisions without adequate information or understanding of conservation values or the factors that drive ecosystem processes and resilience in the face of increasing anthropogenic and natural change. This book will provide a resource of information and ideas and extensive references to issues of primary concern. It will provide a big-picture narrative, putting the marine biota into a geological, evolutionary, and regional biodiversity context.

Sperm Competition and the Evolution of Animal Mating systems

Author : Robert L. Smith
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 032314313X
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (231 download)

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Book Synopsis Sperm Competition and the Evolution of Animal Mating systems by : Robert L. Smith

Download or read book Sperm Competition and the Evolution of Animal Mating systems written by Robert L. Smith and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sperm Competition and the Evolution of Animal Mating Systems describes the role of sperm competition in selection on a range of attributes from gamete morphology to species mating systems. This book is organized into 19 chapters and begins with the conceptualization of sperm competition as a subset of sexual selection and its implications for the insects. The following chapter describes the relationship between multiple mating and female fitness, with an emphasis on determining the conditions under which selection on females is likely to counteract selection on males for avoiding sperm competition. Other chapters consider the female perspective on sperm competition; the evolutionary causation at the level of the individual male gamete; and the correlation of high paternal investment and sperm precedence in the insects. The remaining chapters are arranged phylogenetically and explore the sperm competition in diverse animal taxa, such as the Drosophila, Lepidoptera, spiders, amphibians, and reptiles. These chapters also cover the evolution of direct versus indirect sperm transfer among the arachnids or the problem for kinship theory presented by multiple mating and sperm competition in the Hymenoptera. This book further discusses the remarkable potential for sperm competition among certain temperate bat species whose females store sperm through winter hibernation and the mixed strategies and male-caused female genital trauma as possible sperm competition adaptations in poeciliid fishes. The concluding chapter examines the predictions concerning testes size and mating systems in the primates and the possible role of sperm competition in human selection. This book is of great value to reproductive biologists and researchers.

The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems

Author : David M. Shuker
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199678022
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Book Synopsis The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems by : David M. Shuker

Download or read book The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems written by David M. Shuker and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated version of: The evolution of insect mating systems / Randy Thornhill and John Alcock. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1983. (Preface).

The Biology of Reproduction

Author : Giuseppe Fusco
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108499856
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Biology of Reproduction written by Giuseppe Fusco and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look into the phenomena of sex and reproduction in all organisms, taking an innovative, unified and comprehensive approach.

Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams

Author : Thibault Datry
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128039043
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams written by Thibault Datry and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Ecology and Management takes an internationally broad approach, seeking to compare and contrast findings across multiple continents, climates, flow regimes, and land uses to provide a complete and integrated perspective on the ecology of these ecosystems. Coupled with this, users will find a discussion of management approaches applicable in different regions that are illustrated with relevant case studies. In a readable and technically accurate style, the book utilizes logically framed chapters authored by experts in the field, allowing managers and policymakers to readily grasp ecological concepts and their application to specific situations. Provides up-to-date reviews of research findings and management strategies using international examples Explores themes and parallels across diverse sub-disciplines in ecology and water resource management utilizing a multidisciplinary and integrative approach Reveals the relevance of this scientific understanding to managers and policymakers

Reproductive Strategies in Insects

Author : Omkar
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000529991
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Reproductive Strategies in Insects written by Omkar and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction is one of the most inherent tasks that all living organisms are actively involved in. It forms the backbone of their existence with all evolutionary energies directed over billion years of creation into maximizing reproductive effort. For so simple and directed a need such as maximizing reproduction, it is interesting to see how much diversity and complexity exists in this task. Each organism despite having the same end goal employs different strategies. The complexities, intricacies and strategies of successful reproduction while being extremely fascinating are equally befuddling. Reproductive Strategies in Insects provides an expansive critical look at the reproductive strategies of the most diverse group of animals, the insects. Insects which inhabit myriad niches in all ecosystems except the oceans, show the most diverse reproductive strategies ranging from simplest to most complex. Reproductive strategies, viz., search for mates, number of mates, display of mate quality, assessment of mate quality, acceptance of mate, rejection of mates, forced copulations, the fight for paternity pre, during and post copula, the modulation of paternity, ovipositional strategies and parental care are described in detail in this book. Also, each strategy in analyzed in relation to its morphological, physiological, ethological, ecological and evolutionary aspects. Features: Covers a wide variety of reproductive strategies, A detailed step by step description of reproductive strategies. Discusses morphological, physiological, ethological, ecological and evolutionary aspects. Modulation of these strategies and responsible modulatory factors are also discussed. Well-illustrated. Recent research results and probable future research directions. This is a niche reference book for ethologists, biologists studying behavioural evolution and entomologists. It may also be used as a textbook for a graduate level course in behaviour.

Offspring

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030908718X
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Offspring written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-05-04 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite recent advances in our understanding of the genetic basis of human behavior, little of this work has penetrated into formal demography. Very few demographers worry about how biological processes might affect voluntary behavior choices that have demographic consequences even though behavioral geneticists have documented genetics effects on variables such as parenting and divorce. Offspring: Human Fertility Behavior in Demographic Perspective brings together leading researchers from a wide variety of disciplines to review the state of research in this emerging field and to identify promising research directions for the future.

The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals

Author : Janet Leonard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019988675X
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals written by Janet Leonard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-19 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primary sexual traits, those structures and processes directly involved in reproduction, are some of the most diverse, specialized, and bizarre in the animal kingdom. Moreover, reproductive traits are often species-specific, suggesting that they evolved very rapidly. This diversity, long the province of taxonomists, has recently attracted broader interest from evolutionary biologists, especially those interested in sexual selection and the evolution of reproductive strategies. Primary sexual characters were long assumed to be the product of natural selection, exclusively. A recent alternative suggests that sexual selection explains much of the diversity of "primary" sexual characters. A third approach to the evolution of reproductive interactions after copulation or insemination has been to consider the process one of sexual conflict. That is, the reproductive processes of a species may reflect, as does the mating system, evolution acting on males and on females, but in different directions. In this volume, authors explore a wide variety of primary sexual characters and selective pressures that have shaped them, from natural selection for offspring survival to species-isolating mechanisms, sperm competition, cryptic female choice and sexual arms races. Exploring diverse reproductive adaptations from a theoretical and practical perspective, The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters will provide an unparalleled overview of sexual diversity in many taxa and an introduction to the issues in sexual selection that are changing our view of sexual processes.