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Author Thornhill, Randy.

Title The evolution of insect mating systems / Randy Thornhill and John Alcock
Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1983

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 W'PONDS  595.7056 Tho  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 547 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Evolutionary Hypotheses and Tests -- Modes of Reproduction -- Sexual Selection Theory -- Timing of Mate Locating -- Motivation to Copulate -- Competition in the Attraction of Females -- Selection and Defense of Mating Sites -- Male Mating Systems -- Intraspecific Variation in Male Mating Systems -- Protection of Females during Courtship and Copulation -- Sperm Competition and the Fertilization of Eggs -- Selective Mate Choice by Females -- Mechanisms of Female Choice -- Female Mating Systems
Analysis Insects Reproductive behaviour Evolution
Notes Includes indexes
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [473]-523
Subject Insects -- Evolution.
Insects -- Reproduction.
Insects -- Evolution.
Insects -- Reproduction.
Biological Evolution.
Insecta.
Author Alcock, John, 1942-
LC no. 82021351
ISBN 0674271807