M. Kappeler (ed.)

Primate Males

Herausgeber: Kappeler, Peter M.

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores male number variation between and within primate species and its effects on male-female relationships.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9780521658461
• ISBN-10: 0521658462
• Artikelnr.: 21395504

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. The socioecology of primate males:
history and theory Peter M. Kappeler; Part II. Comparative Perspectives on
Male-Female Association: 2. Multi-male breeding groups in birds: ecological
causes and social conflicts Nick B. Davies; 3. Males in macropod society
Peter Jarman; 4. Social counterstrategies against infanticide by males in
primates and other mammals Carel van Schaik; Part III. Variation in Male
Numbers: Taxon-Level Analyses: 5. Causes and consequences of unusual sex
ratios in lemurs Peter M. Kappeler; 6. The number of adult males in
callitrichine groups and its implications for callitrichine social
evolution Eckhard W. Heymann; 7. From binding brotherhoods to short-term
sovereignty: the betwixting dilemma of male Cebidae Karen B. Strier; 8. The
number of males in guenon groups Marina Cords; 9. Socioecology of baboons:
the interaction of male and female strategies Robert A. Barton; 10.
Variation in adult sex ratios of red colobus monkey social groups:
implications for interspecific comparisons Thomas T. Struhsaker; 11. The
number of males in langur groups: monopolizability of females or
demographic process? Elisabeth H. M. Sterck and Jan A. R. A. M. van Hooff;
12. Costs and benefits of the one-male, age-graded and all-male phase in
wild Thomas langur groups Romy Steenbeek, Elisabeth H. M. Sterck, Han de
Vries and Jan A. R. A. M. van Hooff; 13. Male dispersal and mating season
influxes in Hanuman langurs living in multi-male groups Carola Borries; 14.
Rethinking monogamy: the gibbon case Volker Sommer and Ulrich Reichard; 15.
Causes and consequences of variation in male mountain gorilla life
histories and group membership David P. Watts; Part IV. Behavioural Aspects
of Male Coexistence: 16. Relationships among nonhuman primate males: a
deductive framework Jan A. R. A. M. van Hooff; 17. Collective benefits,
free-riders and male extragroup conflict Charles L. Nunn; 18. Dominance,
egalitarianism and stalemate: an experimental approach to male-male
competition in Barbary macaques Signe Preuschoft and Andreas Paul; Part V.
Evolutionary Determinants and Consequences: 19. The evolution of male
philopatry in neotropical monkeys Theresa Pope; 20. Models of outcome and
process: predicting the number of males in primate groups Jeanne Altmann;
21. Why are male chimpanzees more gregarious than mothers? A scramble
competition hypothesis Richard W. Wrangham; 22. Male mating strategies: a
modeling approach Robin I. M. Dunbar; Part VI. Conclusions: 23.
Understanding male primates Michael E. Pereira, Timothy H. Clutton-Brock
and Peter M. Kappeler; References; Index.