Monogamy mating strategies and partnerships in birds, humans, and other mammals
Why do males of some species live with a single mate when they are capable of fertilizing more than one female's eggs? Why do some females pair only with one male, and not with several partners? Why do birds usually live in pairs and feed chicks together whilst mammals often live in larger grou...
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- Monogamy : past and present Ulrich H. Reichard Evolution of monogamy : mating relationships, parental care and sexual selection Anders Pape Møller Mate guarding and the evolution of social monogamy in mammals Peter N.M. Brotherton & Petr E. Komers Evolution of social monogomy in primates Carel P. van Schaik & Peter M. Kappeler Evolution of social and reproductive monogamy in Peromyscus : evidence from Peromyscus californicus (the California mouse) David O. Ribble Social functions of copulation in the socially monogamous razorbill (Alca torda) Richard H. Wagner Social and reproductive monogamy in rodents : the case of the Malagasy giant jumping rat (Hypogeomys antimena) Simone Sommer Social polyandry and promiscuous mating in a primate-like carnivore : the kinkajou (Potos flavus) Roland Kays Monogamy correlates, socioecological factors, and mating systems in beavers Lixing Sun Social monogamy and social polygyny in a solitary ungulate, the Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) Ryosuke Kishimoto Ecological and social complexities in human monogamy Bobbi S. Low Social monogamy in a human society : marriage and reproductive success among the Dogon Beverly I. Strassmann Social monogamy in gibbons : the male perspective Ulrich H. Reichard Pair living and mating strategies in the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius) Joanna Fietz Social monogamy and its variations in callitrichids : do these relate to the costs of infant care? Anne W. Goldizen
- Monogamy in New World primates : what can patterns of olfactory communication tell us? Eckhard W. Heymann