Fairbairn Odd Couples

Extraordinary Differences between the Sexes in the Animal Kingdom
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4760-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Fairbairn, Daphne J.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierethologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction 1

Chapter 2: The Roots of Sexual Differences: Why Male and Female Animals Differ 9

Chapter 3: Elephant Seals: Harems, Hierarchies, and Giant Males 23

Chapter 4: Great Bustards: Gorgeous Males and Choosy Females 46

Chapter 5: Shell-Carrying Cichlids: Protective Males and Furtive Females 64

Chapter 6: Yellow Garden Spiders: Sedentary Females and Roving Males 81

Chapter 7: Blanket Octopuses: Drifting Females and Dwarf Males 104

Chapter 8: Giant Seadevils: Fearsome Females and Parasitic Males 116

Chapter 9: Bone-Eating Worms: Female Tubeworms with Harems of Minuscule Males 133

Chapter 10: Shell-Burrowing Barnacles: Sac-Like Females with Harems of Phallic Males 147

Chapter 11: The Diversity of Sexual Differences: Differences between Males and Females across the Animal Kingdom 160

Chapter 12: Concluding Remarks 187

Acknowledgments 195

Appendix A: Scientific Names Corresponding to Common Names Used in the Text 197

Appendix B: Summary of Sexual Dimorphisms by Animal Phylum 203

Notes 207

Glossary of Technical Terms 239

Sources 247

Illustration Credits 287

Index 289

Über Autor(innen)

Daphne J. Fairbairn is professor of biology at the University of California, Riverside. She has written widely on the science of sexual differences.