Sexual Selection in Primates: New and Comparative Perspectives

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511542459

Sexual Selection in Primates provides an account of all aspects of sexual selection in primates, combining theoretical insights, comprehensive reviews of the primate literature and comparative perspectives from relevant work on other mammals, birds and humans. Topics include sex roles, sexual dimorphism in weapons, ornaments and armaments, sex ratios, sex differences in behaviour and development, mate choice, sexual conflict, sex-specific life history strategies, sperm competition and infanticide. The outcome of the evolutionary struggle between the sexes, the flexibility of roles and the leverage of females are discussed and emphasised throughout. Sexual Selection in Primates is aimed at graduates and researchers in primatology, animal behaviour, evolutionary biology and comparative psychology.

"The book contains useful information for both novices and experts, with a good mix of theory and data. Anyone interested in either sexual selection or primates will find this volume useful, and it should be required reading for everyone interested in both topics." The Quarterly Review, Thore Bergman, Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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List of contributors
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Foreword by Robert L. Trivers
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- By Robert L. Trivers, Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Preface
pp xiii-xiv
- By Peter M. Kappeler, Head of the Department of Behaviour and Ecology German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany, Carel P. van Schaik, Professor in the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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PART I - INTRODUCTION
pp 1-2
- By Peter M. Kappeler, Head of the Department of Behaviour and Ecology German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany, Carel P. van Schaik, Professor in the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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1 - Sexual selection in primates: review and selective preview
pp 3-23
- By Peter M. Kappeler, Head of the Department of Behaviour and Ecology German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany, Carel P. van Schaik, Professor in the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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2 - What is sexual selection?
pp 24-36
- By Tim H. Clutton-Brock, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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3 - Sex roles, contests for the control of reproduction, and sexual selection
pp 37-54
- By Patricia Adair Gowaty, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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PART II - SEXUAL SIGNALS: SUBSTRATES AND FUNCTION
pp 55-56
- By Peter M. Kappeler, Head of the Department of Behaviour and Ecology German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany, Carel P. van Schaik, Professor in the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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4 - Sexual selection and communication
pp 57-70
- By Charles T. Snowdon, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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5 - Sexual selection and exaggerated sexual swellings of female primates
pp 71-89
- By Dietmar P. Zinner, Department of Behaviour and Ecology, German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany, Charles L. Nunn, Department of Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA, Carel P. van Schaik, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, Peter M. Kappeler, Department of Behaviour and Ecology, German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany
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6 - Female multiple mating and genetic benefits in humans: investigations of design
pp 90-114
- By Steven W. Gangestad, Department of Psychology, University New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA, Randy Thornhill, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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PART III - SEXUAL SELECTION IN ACTION
pp 115-116
- By Peter M. Kappeler, Head of the Department of Behaviour and Ecology German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany, Carel P. van Schaik, Professor in the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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7 - Sexual selection, behaviour and sexually transmitted diseases
pp 117-130
- By Charles L. Nunn, Department of Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA, Sonia M. Altizer, Department of Environmental Studies Emory, University Atlanta, GA, USA
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8 - Mating conflict in primates: infanticide, sexual harassment and female sexuality
pp 131-150
- By Carel P. van Schaik, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, Gauri R. Pradhan, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, Maria A. van Noordwijk, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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9 - Post-copulatory sexual selection in birds and primates
pp 151-172
- By Tim R. Birkhead, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK, Peter M. Kappeler, Department of Behaviour and Ecology German Primate Centre Göttingen, Germany
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PART IV - DEVELOPMENT AND CONSEQUENCES
pp 173-174
- By Peter M. Kappeler, Head of the Department of Behaviour and Ecology German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany, Carel P. van Schaik, Professor in the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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10 - Development and sexual selection in primates
pp 175-195
- By Joanna M. Setchell, Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, UK, Phyllis C. Lee, Department of Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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11 - Alternative male reproductive strategies: male bimaturism in orangutans
pp 196-207
- By Suci Utami Atmoko, Faculty of Biology National University, Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan A. R. A. M. van Hooff, Ethology and Socio-ecology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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12 - Sexual selection and the careers of primate males: paternity concentration, dominance-acquisition tactics and transfer decisions
pp 208-229
- By Maria A. van Noordwijk, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, Carel P. van Schaik, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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13 - Sexual selection, measures of sexual selection, and sexual dimorphism in primates
pp 230-252
- By J. Michael Plavcan, Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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14 - Sex ratios in primate groups
pp 253-265
- By Joan B. Silk, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Gillian R. Brown, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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15 - Natural and sexual selection and the evolution of multi-level societies: insights from zebras with comparisons to primates
pp 266-279
- By Daniel I. Rubenstein, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA, Mace Hack, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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Index
pp 280-284
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of contributors
pp vi-viii

Foreword by Robert L. Trivers
pp ix-xii

Preface
pp xiii-xiv

PART I - INTRODUCTION
pp 1-2

1 - Sexual selection in primates: review and selective preview
pp 3-23

2 - What is sexual selection?
pp 24-36

3 - Sex roles, contests for the control of reproduction, and sexual selection
pp 37-54

PART II - SEXUAL SIGNALS: SUBSTRATES AND FUNCTION
pp 55-56

4 - Sexual selection and communication
pp 57-70

5 - Sexual selection and exaggerated sexual swellings of female primates
pp 71-89

6 - Female multiple mating and genetic benefits in humans: investigations of design
pp 90-114

PART III - SEXUAL SELECTION IN ACTION
pp 115-116

7 - Sexual selection, behaviour and sexually transmitted diseases
pp 117-130

8 - Mating conflict in primates: infanticide, sexual harassment and female sexuality
pp 131-150

9 - Post-copulatory sexual selection in birds and primates
pp 151-172

PART IV - DEVELOPMENT AND CONSEQUENCES
pp 173-174

10 - Development and sexual selection in primates
pp 175-195

11 - Alternative male reproductive strategies: male bimaturism in orangutans
pp 196-207

12 - Sexual selection and the careers of primate males: paternity concentration, dominance-acquisition tactics and transfer decisions
pp 208-229

13 - Sexual selection, measures of sexual selection, and sexual dimorphism in primates
pp 230-252

14 - Sex ratios in primate groups
pp 253-265

15 - Natural and sexual selection and the evolution of multi-level societies: insights from zebras with comparisons to primates
pp 266-279

Index
pp 280-284

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