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The sociobiology of sexual and reproductive strategies / edited by Anne E. Rasa, Christian Vogel and Eckart Voland.

By: Rasa, Anne E
Contributor(s): Vogel, Christian | Voland, Eckart | European Sociobiological Society
Language: English Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall, 1989.Description: xvi, 287p. : ill., maps ; 23.5cm.ISBN: 0412337800
Contents:
Contents: 1, Eco-ecologial aspects of sexuality and reproduction in animal populations. The evolution of sex / H. Bernstein, F.A. Hopf, R.E. Michod; Sex-specific reproductive patterns in some terrestrial isopods / K.E. Linsenmair; Mate guarding in geese / J. Lamprecht; Helping in dwarf mongoose societies / A.E. Rasa; Reproductive strategies of female gelada baboons / R.I.M. Dunbar; Reproductive strategies of subadult Barbary macaque males at Affenberg Salem / J. Kuester, Andreas Paul; Infant mistreatment in langur monkeys / V. Sommer; 2, Sociobiological aspects of human sexuality and reproductive strategies. Human male-female differences in sexual desire / D. Symmons, Bruce Ellis; Human courtship behaviour / K. Grammer; Reproduction and sex-ratio manipulation through preferential female infanticide among the Eipo, in the highlands of west New Guinea / W. Schiefenhövel; Women's reproduction and longevity in a premodern population (Germany, 18th century) / E. Voland, C. Engel; Household composition and female reproductive strategies in a Trinidadian village / M.V. Flinn; The sociocultural biology of Netsilingmiut infanticide / C. Irwin; The costs of children and the adaptive scheduling of births / N.G. Blurton Jones.
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Royal Anthropological Institute Open Shelves HBEE [RAS-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available L54326

"Based in part on a meeting held Jan. 1986 in Gottingen (FRG) and sponsored by the Europeon Sociobiological Society."

Includes bibl. references.

Contents: 1, Eco-ecologial aspects of sexuality and reproduction in animal populations. The evolution of sex / H. Bernstein, F.A. Hopf, R.E. Michod; Sex-specific reproductive patterns in some terrestrial isopods / K.E. Linsenmair; Mate guarding in geese / J. Lamprecht; Helping in dwarf mongoose societies / A.E. Rasa; Reproductive strategies of female gelada baboons / R.I.M. Dunbar; Reproductive strategies of subadult Barbary macaque males at Affenberg Salem / J. Kuester, Andreas Paul; Infant mistreatment in langur monkeys / V. Sommer; 2, Sociobiological aspects of human sexuality and reproductive strategies. Human male-female differences in sexual desire / D. Symmons, Bruce Ellis; Human courtship behaviour / K. Grammer; Reproduction and sex-ratio manipulation through preferential female infanticide among the Eipo, in the highlands of west New Guinea / W. Schiefenhövel; Women's reproduction and longevity in a premodern population (Germany, 18th century) / E. Voland, C. Engel; Household composition and female reproductive strategies in a Trinidadian village / M.V. Flinn; The sociocultural biology of Netsilingmiut infanticide / C. Irwin; The costs of children and the adaptive scheduling of births / N.G. Blurton Jones.