Edited by Ulrich H. Reichard and Christophe Boesch Cambridge University Press, 2003 FROM THE BACK COVER Why do males of some species live with a single mate when they are capable of fertilizing more than one female's eggs? Why do some females pair only with one male, and not with several partners? Why do birds usually live in pairs and feed chicks together whilst mammals often live in larger groups with females rearing their young without male help? These questions form the central theme of this book. Social monogamy is a complex, multi-faceted phenomenon that does not always correspond with reproductive monogamy, so a paired male may not necessarily be raising his own offspring. Exploring the variables influencing and maintaining the fascinating diversity of social, sexual and reproductive monogamous partnerships in birds, mammals and humans, this book provides clues to the biological roots of monogamy for students and researchers in behavioural ecology, evolutionary anthropology, primatology, zoology and ornithology. ULRICH H. RElCHARD is a research scientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. His research interests include the evolution of mating systems and reproductive strategies of socially monogamous animals. For over 13 years he has studied the behaviour of wild white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) in Thailand, the only apes where the core unit is a socially monogamous group. CHRISTOPHE BOESCH is a Scientific Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. His long-term research into the behaviour of chimpanzees from the Tai National Park in the Cote d'Ivoire has earned him numerous academic accolades. He is also co-editor of Behavioural Diversity in Chimpanzees and Bonobos with Gottfried Hohman and Linda Marchant (2002, ISBN 0521803543 (hb) & 052100613 g (pb)). TABLE OF CONTENTS List of contributors vii Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1 Monogamy: past and present 3 ULRICH H. REICHARD PART I. Evolution of social monogamy 27 CHAPTER 2 The evolution of monogamy: mating relationships, parental care and sexual selection 29 ANDERS PAPE M0LLER CHAPTER 3 Mate guarding and the evolution of social monogamy in mammals 42 PETER N. M. BROTHERTON & PETR E. KOMERS CHAPTER 4 The evolution of social monogamy in primates 59 CAREL P. VAN SCHAIK & PETER M. KAPPELER CHAPTER 5 The evolution of social and reproductive monogamy in Peromyscus: evidence from Peromyscus californicus (the California mouse) 81 DAVID O. RIBBLE PART II. Reproductive strategies of socially monogamous males and females 93 CHAPTER 6 Social functions of copulation in the socially monogamous razorbill (Alca torda) 95 RICHARD H. WAGNER CHAPTER 7 Social and reproductive monogamy in rodents: the case of the Malagasy giant jumping rat (Hypogeomys antimena) 109 SIMONE SOMMER CHAPTER 8 Social polyandry and promiscuous mating in a primate-like carnivore: the kinkajou (Potos flavus) 125 ROLAND KAYS CHAPTER 9 Monogamy correlates, socioecological factors, and mating systems in beavers 138 LIXING SUN CHAPTER 10 Social monogamy and social polygyny in a solitary ungulate, the Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) 147 RYOSUKE KISHIMOTO PART III. Reproductive strategies of human and non-human primates 159 CHAPTER 11 Ecological and social complexities in human monogamy 161 BOBBI S. LOW CHAPTER 12 Social monogamy in a human society: marriage and reproductive success among the Dogon 177 BEVERLY I. STRASSMANN CHAPTER 13 Social monogamy in gibbons: the male perspective 190 ULRICH H. REICHARD CHAPTER 14 Pair living and mating strategies in the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius) 214 JOANNA FIETZ CHAPTER 15 Social monogamy and its variations in callitrichids: do these relate to the costs of infant care? 232 ANNE W. GOLDIZEN CHAPTER 16 Monogamy in New World primates: what can patterns of olfactory communication tell us? 248 ECKHARD W. HEYMANN Index 262 ***************************************************** ISBN: 0521819733 (hardcover) $100.00 USD ISBN: 0521525772 (paperback) $40.00 USD WHERE TO ORDER: Cambridge University Press 110 Midland Avenue Port Chester, NY 10573-4930 General phone: (914)937-9600 General fax: (914)937-4712 Direct link to catalog entry: http://us.cambridge.org/titles/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521525772 Posted Date: 11/05/03
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