Sexual Selection in Primates New and Comparative Perspectives [Paperback]

Sexual Selection in Primates is a comprehensive summary of primate sexual interactions.Sexual Selection in Primates is a book about primate sexual strategies. Successful reproduction is not always a co-operative affair, but rather a competition between males, with the females having the final say. Throughout there is conflict regarding when, with whom and how often mating should occur. This volume provides the first comprehensive summary of the various forms of sexual communication and behaviour and the consequences of the interaction between the sexes. Sexual Selection in Primates is aimed at graduates and researchers in primatology, animal behaviour, evolutionary biology and comparative psychology.Sexual Selection in Primates is a book about primate sexual strategies. Successful reproduction is not always a co-operative affair, but rather a competition between males, with the females having the final say. Throughout there is conflict regarding when, with whom and how often mating should occur. This volume provides the first comprehensive summary of the various forms of sexual communication and behaviour and the consequences of the interaction between the sexes. Sexual Selection in Primates is aimed at graduates and researchers in primatology, animal behaviour, evolutionary biology and comparative psychology.Successful reproduction is not always a cooperative affair, but rather a competition between males, with females having the final say. Throughout there is conflict regarding when, with whom and how often mating should occur. This volume provides the first comprehensive summary of the various forms of sexual communication and behavior and the consequences of the interaction between the sexes.List of contributors; Foreword Robert L. Trivers; Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Sexual selection in primates: review and selective preview Peter M. Kappeler and Carel P. van Schaik; 2. What is sexual selection? Tim H. Clutton-Brock; 3. Sex roles, contests for the contlã‰