Sperm Competition in Birds: Evolutionary Causes and Consequences
Language: English
Published by Academic Press/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, London, 1992
- Softcover
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282 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper excellent. Pages clean and unmarked. Previous owner's name stamped or written on bottom edge, front flyleaf and title page. Binding tight. In great shape. Record # 31867.
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- Title
- Sperm Competition in Birds: Evolutionary Causes and Consequences
- Author
- Birkhead, T. R., A.P. Moller
- Publisher
- Academic Press/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, London
- Publication year
- 1992
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- None
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0121005410
- ISBN 13
- 9780121005412
The text is supportedby numerous photographs, diagrams, tables, and outstanding illustrations by David Quinn.
Sperm Competition in Birds addressess the following topics:
Both functional and causal aspects of the subject
The importance of sperm competition in different avian mating systems
The relationship between sperm competition and male and female reproductive anatomy and physiology, copulation patterns, and paternity guards
The costs and benefits of copulating with multiple partners for both males and females
The relationship between multiple mating and paternity, and the far-reaching evolutionary consequences of sperm competition
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Monroe Street Books
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