Sexual Segregation in Vertebrates (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Ruckstuhl, Kathreen

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Males and females often differ in developmental patterns, adult morphology, ecology and behaviour, and in many mammals males are often larger. Size dimorphism results in divergent nutritional and energetic requirements or reproductive strategies by the sexes, which in turn sometimes causes them to select different forage, use different habitats, and express differing social affinities. Such divergent life-styles often lead males and females to live large parts of their lives separately. Sexual segregation is widespread in animals. Males and females may share the same habitat, but at different times, for example, or they might use different habitats entirely. Why did sexual segregation evolve and what factors contribute to it? Sexual Segregation in Vertebrates explores these questions by looking at a wide range of vertebrates and is aimed as a synthesis of our current understanding and a guide for future research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511889943
• Artikelnr.: 38206849

Autorenporträt

Dr Ruckstuhl is currently Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary, Ecology division, in the Department of Biological Sciences.
Dr Neuhaus is part time Research Assistant at the University of Neuhâtel, and Professor at the University of Calgary.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Part I. Overview: 1. Sexual segregation and the ecology of the two
sexes Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl and Tim H. Clutton-Brock; Part II. Concepts and
Methodology: 2. Definitions, hypotheses, models and measures in the study
of animal segregation Larissa Conradt; Part III. Foraging Ecology: 3. Sex
differences in the foraging ecology of large mammalian herbivores Johan T.
du Toit; 4. Sexual segregation in seals Ian J. Staniland; 5. Sexual
differences in foraging behaviour and diets: a case-study of wandering
albatrosses Jose C. Xavier and John P. Croxall; 6. Differences in foraging
behaviour and feeding ecology in giant petrels Jacob Gonzáles-Solís and
John P. Croxall; Part IV. Predator Avoidance and Reproductive Strategies:
7. Predation risk as a driving factor for size assortative shoaling and its
implications for sexual segregation in fish Darren P. Croft, Jens Krause
and Richard James; 8. Differences in habitat selection and reproductive
strategies of male and female sharks David W. Sims; 9. Sex differences in
reproductive strategies affect habitat choice in ungulates Martin B. Main
and Johan T. du Toit; Part V. Sex-related Activities and Social Factors:
10. Activity asynchrony and social segregation Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl and
Peter Neuhaus; 11. Sexual segregation in ungulates: from individual
mechanisms to collective patterns Richard Bon, Jean-Louis Deneubourg,
Jean-François Gerard and Pablo Michelena; 12. Sexual segregation in humans
Anthony D. Pellegrini, Jeffrey D. Long and Elizabeth A. Mizerek; Part VI.
Sexual Differences in Ecology: Comparisons within Different Taxa: 13.
Ecological divergence between the sexes in reptiles Richard Shine and Mike
Wall; 14. Sexual segregation in Australian marsupials Abigail M. MacFarlane
and Graeme Coulson; 15. Social systems and ecology of bats John D.
Altringham and Paula Senior; 16. Sociality and ecology of the odontocetes
Robert Michaud; 17. Sexual segregation in non-human primates David P.
Watts; Part VII. Implications for Conservation: 18. Sexual segregation in
birds: patterns, processes and implications for conservation Paulo Catry,
Richard A. Phillips and John P. Croxal; 19. Sexual segregation: a necessary
consideration in wildlife conservation Esther S. Rubin and Vernon C.
Bleich; Part VIII. Outlook: 20. Conclusions and future directions Peter
Neuhaus, Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl and Larissa Conradt; References; Index.