E-Book, Englisch, Band 460, 564 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Birds and Mammals
E-Book, Englisch, Band 460, 564 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5814-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
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FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
Preface, pg. vii
Contributors, pg. ix
1. Socioecology: Origins and Trends, pg. 1
2. Polyandry in Spotted Sandpipers: The Impact of Environment and Experience, pg. 21
3. Reproductive Strategies of Male and Female Moorhens (Gallinula chloropus), pg. 43
4. Ecology of Cooperation in Canids, pg. 64
5. Sexual Asymmetries in the Life History of the Florida Scrub Jay, pg. 87
6. Hornbill Social Dispersion: Variations on a Monogamous Theme, pg. 108
7. Ecology and Social Evolution in the Mongooses, pg. 131
8. Ecological Factors Influencing the Social Systems of Migratory Dabbling Ducks, pg. 153
9. The Evolution of Social Behavior and Mating Systems in the Blackbirds (Icterinae), pg. 175
10. Ecological and Social Determinants of Cercopithecine Mating Patterns, pg. 201
11. Resource Distribution, Social Competition, and Mating Patterns in Human Societies, pg. 217
12. The Evolution of Mating Strategies in Male Antelopes, pg. 244
13. Ecology and Sociality in Horses and Zebras, pg. 282
14. Marmot Polygyny Revisited: Determinants of Male and Female Reproductive Strategies, pg. 303
15. The Social Ecology of Gelada Baboons, pg. 332
16. Ecology and Social Relationships in Two Species of Chimpanzee, pg. 352
17. Male and Female Mating Strategies on Sage Grouse Leks, pg. 379
18. Grouping, Associations, and Reproductive Strategies in Eastern Grey Kangaroos, pg. 399
19. The Ecology of Sociality in Felids, pg. 429
20. Social Evolution in Birds and Mammals, pg. 452
Acknowledgments, pg. 471
Literature Cited, pg. 475
Author Index, pg. 529
