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- catalog abstract "The purpose of this book is to explain why red-winged blackbirds are polygynous and to describe the effects of this mating system on other aspects of the biology of the species. Polygyny is a mating system in which individual males form long-term mating relationships with more than one female at a time. The authors show that females choose to mate polygynously because there is little cost to sharing male parental care in this species, and because females gain protection against nest predation by nesting near other females. Polygyny has the effect of intensifying sexual selection on males by increasing the variance in mating success among males. For females, polygyny means that they will often share a male's territory with other females during the breeding season and will thus be forced to adapt to frequent female-female interactions. This work reviews the results of many studies by other researchers, as well as presenting the authors' own results. Studies of red-winged blackbirds have ranged from long-term investigations of reproductive success and demography, to research on genetic parentage based on modern molecular methods, to a variety of experimental manipulations of ecological circumstances and behavior. Since the red-winged blackbirds is one of the best-studied species of any taxa in terms of its behavior and ecology, the authors have a particularly extensive body of results on which to base their conclusions.".
- catalog contributor b7985440.
- catalog contributor b7985441.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. Parental Care -- 3. Territoriality -- 4. Female Reproductive Success -- 5. Female Choice of Breeding Situation -- 6. Polygyny -- 7. Sexual Selection in Progress -- 8. Adaptations for Sexual Selection -- 9. Polygyny, Sexual Selection, and Female Red-winged Blackbirds -- 10. Conclusions.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-301) and indexes.".
- catalog description "The purpose of this book is to explain why red-winged blackbirds are polygynous and to describe the effects of this mating system on other aspects of the biology of the species. Polygyny is a mating system in which individual males form long-term mating relationships with more than one female at a time. The authors show that females choose to mate polygynously because there is little cost to sharing male parental care in this species, and because females gain protection against nest predation by nesting near other females. Polygyny has the effect of intensifying sexual selection on males by increasing the variance in mating success among males. For females, polygyny means that they will often share a male's territory with other females during the breeding season and will thus be forced to adapt to frequent female-female interactions. This work reviews the results of many studies by other researchers, as well as presenting the authors' own results. Studies of red-winged blackbirds have ranged from long-term investigations of reproductive success and demography, to research on genetic parentage based on modern molecular methods, to a variety of experimental manipulations of ecological circumstances and behavior. Since the red-winged blackbirds is one of the best-studied species of any taxa in terms of its behavior and ecology, the authors have a particularly extensive body of results on which to base their conclusions.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 312 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0691036861 (cloth : acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "069103687X (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Monographs in behavior and ecology".
- catalog isPartOf "Princeton paperbacks".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog subject "598.8/81 20".
- catalog subject "Polygyny in animals.".
- catalog subject "QL696.P2475 S43 1995".
- catalog subject "Red-winged blackbird Behavior.".
- catalog subject "Sexual behavior in animals.".
- catalog subject "Sexual selection in animals.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. Parental Care -- 3. Territoriality -- 4. Female Reproductive Success -- 5. Female Choice of Breeding Situation -- 6. Polygyny -- 7. Sexual Selection in Progress -- 8. Adaptations for Sexual Selection -- 9. Polygyny, Sexual Selection, and Female Red-winged Blackbirds -- 10. Conclusions.".
- catalog title "Polygyny and sexual selection in red-winged blackbirds / William A. Searcy and Ken Yasukawa.".
- catalog type "text".