Mating Systems and StrategiesThis book presents the first unified conceptual and statistical framework for understanding the evolution of reproductive strategies. Using the concept of the opportunity for sexual selection, the authors illustrate how and why sexual selection, though restricted to one sex and opposed in the other, is one of the strongest and fastest of all evolutionary forces. They offer a statistical framework for studying mating system evolution and apply it to patterns of alternative mating strategies. In doing so, they provide a method for quantifying how the strength of sexual selection is affected by the ecological and life history processes that influence females' spatial and temporal clustering and reproductive schedules. |
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... female reproductive be- havior , many unconstrained by the principles of ... receptivity as well as female reproductive life his- tory are fundamental to ... sex- ual selection . We show how the opportunity for sexual.
... female receptivity , is related to the ecological concept of mean crowding ( sensu Lloyd 1967 ) applied directly to ... receptivity and reduced fecundity . This is a runaway process that is halted by selection on females as opposed to ...
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