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Polygyny and Sexual Selection in Red-Winged Blackbirds
Searcy, William A.; Yasukawa, Ken
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hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 332 pages, 69 line illus. 35 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSVH; PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
The purpose of this book is to explain why red-winged blackbirds are polygynous and to describe the effects of this mating system on other aspects of the biology of the species. Polygyny is a mating system in which individual males form long-term mating relationships with more than one female at a time. The authors show that females choose to mate polygynously because there is little cost to sharing male parental care in this species, and because females gain protection against nest predation by nesting near other females. Polygyny has the effect of intensifying sexual selection on males by increasing the ... Read more
The purpose of this book is to explain why red-winged blackbirds are polygynous and to describe the effects of this mating system on other aspects of the biology of the species. Polygyny is a mating system in which individual males form long-term mating relationships with more than one female at a time. The authors show that females choose to mate polygynously because there is little cost to sharing male parental care in this species, and because females gain protection against nest predation by nesting near other females. Polygyny has the effect of intensifying sexual selection on males by increasing the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691630830
SKU
V9780691630830
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"The reader comes away with a very full understanding of red-winged blackbird biology."
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