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Sperm competition and sexual selection

Title
Sperm competition and sexual selection / edited by T.R. Birkhead and A.P. Møller.
Publication
San Diego ; London : Academic Press, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Birkhead, Tim.
  • Møller, A. P. (Anders Pape)
Description
xxiii, 826 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • Spermatozoa
  • Sexual behavior in animals
  • Competition (Biology)
  • Sexual selection in animals
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Pt. 1. General Themes. 1. Sperm competition and the evolution of ejaculates: towards a theory base / G. A. Parker. 2. Sperm competition and sexual selection / Anders Pape Moller. 3. Female roles in sperm competition / William G. Eberhard. 4. Paternity and paternal care / Jonathan Wright -- Pt. 2. Taxonomic Treatments. 5. Pollen competition in flowering plants / Lynda F. Delph and Kayri Havens. 6. Sperm limitation, gamete competition, and sexual selection in external fertilizers / D. R. Levitan. 7. Mating conflicts and sperm competition in simultaneous hermaphrodites / Nico K. Michiels. 8. Sperm competition in molluscs / Bruno Baur. 9. Sperm competition and sexual selection in spiders and other arachnids / Mark A. Elgar. 10. Sperm competition in insects: mechanisms and the potential for selection / L. W. Simmons and M. T. Siva-Jothy. 11. Sperm competition in fishes / C. W. Petersen and R. R. Warner. 12. Sperm competition in amphibians / T. Halliday.
  • 13. Sexual selection and sperm competition in reptiles / M. Olsson and T. Madsen. 14. Sperm competition in birds: mechanisms and function / T. R. Birkhead. 15. Reproduction, mating strategies and sperm competition in marsupials and monotremes / D. A. Taggart, W. G. Breed and P. D. Temple-Smith [et al.]. 16. Sperm competition in mammals / Montserrat Gomendio, Alexander H. Harcourt and Eduardo R. S. Roldan. 17. Sperm competition, sexual selection and different routes to fitness / T. R. Birkhead and A. P. Moller.
ISBN
0121005437 (pbk.)
OCLC
ocm39779489
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