Monogamy: Mating Strategies and Partnerships in Birds, Humans and Other Mammals

Reichard, Ulrich H. [Editor]; Boesch, Christophe [Editor];

ISBN 10: 0521525772 / ISBN 13: 9780521525770

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Monogamy: Mating Strategies and Partnerships in Birds, Humans and Other Mammals
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521525772
• ISBN 13: 9780521525770
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: As New
• Weight: 23 ounces

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Synopsis

Why do birds often live in pairs and rear chicks together, whereas female mammals usually live in groups and rear their young without male help? Why do males sometimes live with a single mate when they are capable of fertilizing more than one female's eggs? Is male helping behavior important for monogamous partnerships? This book provides answers concerning the biological roots of social monogamy in animal groups as diverse as ungulates, carnivores, rodents, birds and primates (including humans) for students and researchers in behavioral ecology, evolutionary anthropology and zoology.

About the Authors

Ulrich Reichard is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Previously he was a research scientist in the Department of Primatology at the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig.

Christophe Boesch is Scientific Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, and Professor of Primatology at the University of Leipzig.