The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems / / Randy Thornhill, John Alcock.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1983 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (547 p.) :; illsutrations |
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Table of Contents:
- 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