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    VERTEBRATE MATING SYSTEMS
    Proceedings of the 14th Course of the International School of Ethology
    Erice, Italy, 28 November – 3 December 1998

    edited by Marco Apollonio (University of Pisa, Italy) , Marco Festa-Bianchet (University of Sherbrooke, Canada) , & Danilo Mainardi (University of Venice, Italy)

    This book reviews the relationship of mating systems with other aspects of vertebrate biology. It presents many stimulating new perspectives and ideas on mating systems studies. While many of the authors present some of their own research, in all cases they underline the general relevance of their work and speculate on future directions of scientific inquiry.

     
    Contents:
    • Sexual Selection and Mate Choice: Trade-offs for Males and Females (R H Wiley)
    • Ornaments and Good Genes: Progress in Research Through Paradoxes and Paradigms (R V Alatalo)
    • Mating Systems and Morphology: What Can Phylogenies Tell Us About the Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism in Lekking Birds? (J Höglund)
    • Demographic Analyses of Mating Systems (D B McDonald)
    • Environmental Effects on the Evolution of Mating Systems in Endotherms (J Carranza)
    • Environmental Variation: The Effects on Vertebrate Mating Systems with Special Reference to Ectotherms (M L Dyson)
    • Mating Patterns, Sexual Selection and Parental Care: An Integrative Approach (T Székely et al.)
    • Vertebrate Mating Systems, Allee Effects and Conservation (P A Stephens & W J Sutherland)
    • Mating Systems and Conservation at Large Spatial Scales (J T Hogg)
    • A Retrospective and Prospective Look at the Role of Genetics in Mating Systems: Toward a Balanced View of the Sexes (D F Westneat)
    • Genetics of Avian Mating Systems (P T Boag & L M Ratcliffe)
     
    Readership: Researchers and graduate students in ethology and behavioural ecology.
     
    “… en masse the chapters provide a fairly comprehensive view of current ideas about mating systems. This book is one that would be profitably read in graduate seminars, as many of the chapters will spark discussion and more research.”
    Ethology

     
    “In each case the chapter combines an in-depth and critical analysis of the field with up-to-date interpretations and the promises of research in new directions. The editors have obviously worked hard to ensure both continuity of style and depth of treatment. The result is a thoughtful, wide-ranging and informative discussion of vertebrate mating systems and their ecological, evolutionary and conservation causes and consequences.”
    Primate Eye
     
    340pp    Pub. date: Oct 2000  
    ISBN:   978-981-02-4260-2
    981-02-4260-3
       US$105 / £77

     


    340pp    Pub. date: Oct 2000  
    ISBN:   978-981-279-358-4(ebook)
    981-279-358-5(ebook)
       US$137 / £N/A

     


     

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