Mating Systems and Strategies

by Stephen M. Shuster and Michael J. Wade

Book Overview

This book presents the first unified conceptual and statistical framework for understanding the evolution of reproductive strategies. Using the concept of the opportunity for sexual selection, the authors illustrate how and why sexual selection, though restricted to one sex and opposed in the other, is one of the strongest and fastest of all evolutionary forces. They offer a statistical framework for studying mating system evolution and apply it to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691049319
• ISBN13: 9780691049311
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.4"