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Can I read Polygyny and Sexual Selection in Red-Winged Blackbirds on EtoBox?
Polygyny and Sexual Selection in Red-Winged Blackbirds by Searcy, William A.; Yasukawa, Ken is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Polygyny and Sexual Selection in Red-Winged Blackbirds about?
The purpose of this book is to explain why red-winged blackbirds are polygynous and to describe the effects of this mating system on other aspects of the biology of the species. Polygyny is a mating system in which individual males form long-term mating relationships with more than one female at a time. The authors show that females choose to mate polygynously because there is little cost to sharing male parental care in this species, and because females gain protection against nest predation by
Who reads Polygyny and Sexual Selection in Red-Winged Blackbirds?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Searcy, William A.; Yasukawa, Ken
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781400863938
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Science, Stem
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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