Alternative reproductive tactics : an integrative approach / edited by Rui F. Oliveira, Michael Taborsky, H. Jane Brockmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oliveira, Rui F., editor.

Taborsky, Michael, editor.

Brockmann, H. Jane, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual behavior in animals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 507 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The study of alternative reproductive tactics (the behavioural strategies used by individuals to increase their reproductive success) is an evolutionary puzzle, and one of great interest to researchers. For instance, why do some males guard both nest and eggs, while others sneak into nests while pairs are spawning and fertilise those eggs? The field offers a special opportunity to study the evolution and functional causes of phenotypic variation, which is a general problem in the field of evolutionary biology. By integrating both mechanistic (psychological) and evolutionary (behavioural ecology) perspectives and by covering a great diversity of species, Alternative Reproductive Tactics addresses this integrated topic of longstanding interest, bringing together a multitude of otherwise scattered information in an accessible form that is ideal for graduate students and researchers.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 The evolution of alternative reproductive tactics: concepts and questions; Chapter summary; 1.1 What is the meaning of alternative reproductive tactic?; 1.2 Where, when, and why do we expect to find arts?; 1.3 Which evolutionary processes are causing the patterns we find in arts?; 1.4 Integrating across levels: proximate and ultimate causes of arts; 1.5 Current issueswhat are the questions we need to solve?; References; Part I Ultimate causes and origins of alternative reproductive tactics

2 Alternative reproductive tactics and the evolution of alternative allocation phenotypes3 Phylogenetic analysis of alternative reproductive tactics: problems and possibilities; 4 Modeling alternative mating tactics as dynamic games; Part II Proximate mechanisms of alternative reproductive tactics; 5 The roles of genes and the environment in the expression and evolution of alternative tactics; 6 Neuroendocrine mechanisms of alternative reproductive tactics: the chemical language of reproductive and social plasticity; 7 Hormones and alternative reproductive tactics in vertebrates

Part III Taxonomic reviews of alternative reproductive tactics8 Alternative reproductive tactics in insects; 9 The expression of crustacean mating strategies; 10 Alternative reproductive tactics in fish; 11 Alternative reproductive tactics in amphibians; 12 Alternative reproductive tactics in reptiles; 13 Alternative reproductive tactics in birds; 14 Alternative reproductive tactics in nonprimate male mammals; 15 Alternative reproductive tactics in primates; Part IV Emerging perspectives on alternative reproductive tactics

16 Communication and the evolution of alternative reproductive tactics17 Alternative mating tactics and mate choice for good genes or good care; 18 Conflict between the sexes and alternative reproductive tactics within a sex; 19 Cooperative breeding as an alternative reproductive tactic; 20 Integrating mechanisms and function: prospects for future research; Index of species; Subject index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-107-17471-6

1-281-25439-8

9786611254391

0-511-38764-4

0-511-38663-X

0-511-38480-7

0-511-38297-9

0-511-54260-7

0-511-38863-2

OCLC:

437204497