Mate Choice |
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Editor:
| Bateson, Patrick |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-27207-0 |
Publication Date: | Apr 1983 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $133.95 |
Book Description:
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This book brings together modern thinking on the various functions of mate choice and its role in evolution. The ways in which finely tuned preferences for a particular member of the opposite sex develop are described, as is the importance of compatibility between mates in long-lived species. The book is particularly directed at students, teachers, and research workers, who are interested in evolution and behaviour, but the surveys it contains will be of considerable use to others...
More DescriptionThis book brings together modern thinking on the various functions of mate choice and its role in evolution. The ways in which finely tuned preferences for a particular member of the opposite sex develop are described, as is the importance of compatibility between mates in long-lived species. The book is particularly directed at students, teachers, and research workers, who are interested in evolution and behaviour, but the surveys it contains will be of considerable use to others whose main field of interest is in the social sciences.