Polygyny and sexual selection in red-winged blackbirds
Auteur :
Searcy, William A. / Yasukawa, Ken
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691630830
Date de publication :
19 avr. 2016
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
624 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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