Glenn Hausfater, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

Infanticide

Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Recent field studies of a variety of mammalian species reveal a surprisingly high frequency of infanticide - the killing of unweaned or otherwise maternally dependent offspring. Similarly, studies of birds, fish, amphibians, and invertebrates demonstrate egg and larval mortality in these species, a phenomenon directly analogous to infanticide in mammals. In this collection, Hausfater and Hrdy draw together work on animal and human infanticide and place these studies in a broad evolutionary and comparative perspective.Infanticide presents the theoretical background and taxonomic distribution of infanticide, infanticide in nonhuman primates, infanticide in rodents, and infanticide in humans. It examines closely sex allocation and sex ratio theory, surveys the phylogeny of mammalian interbirth intervals, and reviews data on sources of egg and larval mortality in a variety of invertebrate and lower vertebrate species. Dealing with infanticide in nonhuman primates, two chapters critically examine data on infanticide in langurs and its broader theoretical implications. By reviewing sources of infant mortality in populations of small mammals and new laboratory analyses of the causes and consequences of infanticide, this work explores such issues as the ontogeny of infanticide, proximate cues of infants and females which elicit infanticidal behavior in males, the genetical basis of infanticide, and the hormonal determinants.Hausfater and Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, through their selection of materials for this book, evaluate the frequency, causes, and function of infanticide. Historical, ethnographic, and recent data on infanticide are surveyed. "Infanticide" summarizes current research on the evolutionary origins and proximate causation of infanticide in animals and man. As such it will be indispensable reading for anthropologists and behavioral biologists as well as ecologists, psychologists, demographers, and epidemiologists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1024g
• ISBN-13: 9780202362212
• ISBN-10: 0202362213
• Artikelnr.: 23349227

Autorenporträt

Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Glenn Hausfater

Inhaltsangabe

Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives on Infanticide: Introduction and
Overview List of Contributors and Symposium Participants I. BACKGROUND AND
TAXONOMIC REVIEWS 1 Infanticide, Siblicide, and Avian Nestling Mortality 2
Infanticide in Carnivores 3 Cannibalism of Early Life Stages in Fishes 4
The Influence of Conspecifics on Egg and Larval Mortality in Amphibians 5
Intraspecific Predation and "Infant Killing'' Among Invertebrates 6
Mammalian Reproduction: Constraints on the Evolution of Infanticide 7 The
Evolutionary Ecology of Sex Allocation: A Primer II. INFANTICIDE IN
NONHUMAN PRIMATES: A TOPIC OF CONTINUING DEBATE Infanticide in Nonhuman
Primates: An Introduction and Perspective 8 Infanticide by Adult Males in
Three Primate Species of the Kibale Forest, Uganda: A Test of Hypotheses 9
Infanticide in Red Howler Monkeys [Alouatta seniculus) 10 Infanticide in
Two Populations of Savanna Baboons 11 Infanticide in Mountain Gorillas
(Gorilla gorilla beringei) with Comparative Notes on Chimpanzees 12
Reproductive Parameters, Adult-Male Replacements, and Infanticide Among
Free-Ranging Langurs [Presbytis entellus) at Jodhpur (Rajasthan], India 13
Infanticide in Langurs: Strategies, Counterstrategies, and Parameter Values
14 Infant Killing and Male Reproductive Strategies in Langurs [Presbytis
entellus) 15 Proximate Factors of Infanticide Among Langurs at Dhar[1]war:
A Reply to Boggess 16 Assumptions and Evidence Regarding the Sexual
Selection Hypothesis: A Reply to Boggess III. INFANTICIDE IN RODENTS:
QUESTIONS OF PROXIMATE AND ULTIMATE CAUSATION Infanticidal Behavior in Male
and Female Rodents: Sectional Introduction and Directions for Future
Research 17 Causes and Consequences on Infanticide in Populations of
Rodents 18 Infanticide and the Evolution of Pregnancy Block in Rodents 19
Infanticide by Male and Female Mongolian Gerbils: Ontogeny, Causation, and
Function 20 Psychobiological Determinants Underlying Infanticide in Mice 21
Proximate and Ultimate Causes of Infanticide and Parental Behavior in Male
House Mice IV. INFANTICIDE IN HUMANS: ETHNOGRAPHY, DEMOGRAPHY,
SOCIOBIOLOGY, AND HISTORY Concepts and Classification in the Study of Human
Infanticide: Sectional Introduction and Some Cautionary Notes 22
Infanticide in Human Populations: Societal and Individual Concerns 23
Deferred Infanticide: Excess Female Mortality during Childhood 24 A
Sociobiological Analysis of Human Infanticide 25 Ayoreo Infanticide: A Case
Study