Reichard, Ulrich H.; Boesch, Christophe

Monogamy : Mating Strategies and Partnerships in Birds, Humans and Other Mammals

Introduction: 1. Monogamy: past and present Ulrich H. Reichard Part I. Evolution of Social Monogamy: 2. The evolution of monogamy: mating relationships, parental care and sexual selection Anders Pape Mø ller 3. Mate guarding and the evolution of social monogamy in mammals Peter N. M. Brotherton and Petr E. Komers 4. The evolution of social monogamy in primates Carel P. van Schaik and Peter M. Kappeler 5. The evolution of social and reproductive monogamy in Peromyscus David O. Ribble Part II. Reproductive Strategies of Socially Monogamous Males and Females: 6. Social functions of copulation in the socially monogamous razorbill (Alca torda) Richard H. Wagner 7. Social and reproductive monogamy in rodents: the case of the Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat (Hypogeomys antimena) Simone Sommer 8. Social polyandry and promiscuous mating in a primate-like carnivore, the kinkajou (Potos flavus) Roland Kays 9. Monogamy correlates, socioecological factors and mating systems in beavers Lixing Sun 10. Social monogamy and social polygyny in a solitary ungulate, the Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) Ryosuke Kishimoto Part III. Reproductive Strategies of Human and Non-human Primates: 11. Ecological and social complexities in human monogamy Bobbi S. Low 12. Social monogamy in a human society: marriage and reproductive success among the Dogon Beverly I. Strassmann 13. Social monogamy in gibbons: the male perspective Ulrich H. Riechard 14. Pair living and mating strategies in the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius) Joanna Fietz 15. Social monogamy and its variations in callitrichids: do these relate to the costs of infant care? Anne W. Goldizen 16. Monogamy in New World primates: what can patterns of olfactory communication tell us? Eckhard W. Heymann.