Larissa Swedell / Steven R. Leigh (eds.)

Gebundenes Buch

Reproduction and Fitness in Baboons: Behavioral, Ecological, and Life History Perspectives

Beschreibung

The editors will address the questions of life history and reproduction by attempting to isolate the various components of reproductive success and fitness in baboons. This requires assembling research interests in morphology, behavior, ecology, and endocrinology of the five subspecies of Papio baboons. By synthesizing studies of reproduction, life history, growth, parenting, ecology, mate choice, and mating success, this volume will shed light on general features of life history traits and reproductive strategies that have made baboons successful. These findings have broad applications to understanding the evolution of complex life history adaptations, such as those characteristic of other primates, and humans in particular. Many of the top researchers on the field are contributing to this volume.

Autor

Larissa Swedell, Queens College, New York, NY, USA / Steven R. Leigh, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

Produktdetails

• Developments in Primatology, Progress and Prospects
• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 11354192, 978-0-387-30688-9
• 2006 edition
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 162mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 596g
• ISBN-13: 9780387306889
• ISBN-10: 0387306889
• Artikelnr.: 20830353

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"This book is generally successful in its goals, and lives up to its title, by compiling a good amount of recent research on reproductive behavior and life history in baboons, and their impact on reproductive success. While this book will clearly be of interest to graduate students and professionals engaged in social and ecological research on baboons, it would also be of considerable interest to students of evolutionary theory ... ." (Stephen R. Frost, Journal of Mammalian Evolution, Vol. 15, 2008)