The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems / / Randy Thornhill, John Alcock.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Thornhill, Randy,; Alcock, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1983
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (547 p.) :; illsutrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; 1. Evolutionary Hypotheses and Tests --; 2. Modes of Reproduction --; 3. Sexual Selection Theory --; 4. Timing of Mate Locating --; 5. Motivation to Copulate --; 6. Competition in the Attraction of Females --; 7. Selection and Defense of Mating Sites --; 8. Male Mating Systems --; 9. Intraspecific Variation in Male Mating Systems --; 10. Protection of Females during Courtship and Copulation --; 11. Sperm Competition and the Fertilization of Eggs --; 12. Selective Mate Choice by Females --; 13. Mechanisms of Female Choice --; 14. Female Mating Systems --; References --; Author Index --; Subject Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674433960; 9783110353488; 9783110353549; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674433960
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Randy Thornhill, John Alcock.