The Lawrence Jacobsen Library
P-S/PrimateLit Review Books

Oliveira, Rui F.; Taborsky, Michael; Brockmann, H. Jane, eds.
Cambridge University Press, 2008.

ABOUT THE BOOK

The study of alternative reproductive tactics (ART)(the behavioral strategies used by individuals to increase their reproductive success) is an evolutionary puzzle, and one of great interest to researchers. For instance, why do some males guard both nest and eggs, while others sneak into nests while pairs are spawning and fertilize those eggs? The field offers a special opportunity to study the evolution and functional causes of phenotypic variation, which is a general problem in the field of evolutionary biology. By integrating both mechanistic (psychological) and evolutionary (behavioral ecology) perspectives and by covering a great diversity of species, Alternative Reproductive Tactics addresses this integrated topic of longstanding interest, bringing together a multitude of otherwise scattered information in an accessible form that is ideal for graduate students and researchers.

ABOUT THE EDITORS

Rui F. Oliveira is Professor of Psychobiology, Chair of the Psychobiology Graduate Program, and Head of the Research Centre at the Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Portugal. His research focuses on the neuroendocrine mechanisms of behavioral plasticity in vertebrates, particularly in fish. He is the current president of the Portuguese Ethological Society, Chief-Editor of the Acta Ethological journal and Consulting Editor of the Hormones and Behavior journal. He also served on the Council of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour.

Michael Taborsky is Professor of Zoology at the University of Bern, Switzerland, and Head of the Department of Behavioural Ecology. His research focus is on evolutionary mechanisms of cooperative behavior and advanced sociality, and on the ultimate causes of alternative reproductive tactics. He is Editor-in-Chief of Ethology and has been President of the Ethologische Gesellschaft and Secretary General of the International Council of Ethologists.

H. Jane Brockmann is Professor of Zoology at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on animal behavior and sexual selection in insects and other invertebrates. She has been president of the Animal Behavior Society, Secretary General of the International Council of Ethologists, Editor of the journal Ethology, and she is presently Editor-in-Chief of Advances in the Study of Behavior.

CONTENTS

List of contributors
Preface

Part I Ultimate Causes and Origins of ARTs
Part II Proximate Mechanisms of ARTs
Part III Taxonomic Reviews of ARTs
Part IV Emerging Perspectives on ARTs

Index of species
Subject Index

WHERE TO ORDER

ISBN 978-0-521-83243-4 (Hardback) $160.00
ISBN 978-0-521-54006-3 (Paperback) $75.00
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