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Polygyny and Sexual Selection in Red-Winged Blackbirds
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Polygyny and Sexual Selection in Red-Winged Blackbirds
Contributors:
By (Author) William A. Searcy
By (author) Ken Yasukawa
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
598.881
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
332
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
454g
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
Reviews
"The reader comes away with a very full understanding of red-winged blackbird biology."--Choice
