Primate sexuality : comparative studies of the prosimians, monkeys, apes and human beings /
Dixson, Alan F.
Primate sexuality : comparative studies of the prosimians, monkeys, apes and human beings / Alan F. Dixson. - 2nd ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Previous edition: 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Darwin and friends -- Primate classification and evolution -- Mating systems -- Mating tactics and reproductive success -- Sexual behaviour and sexual response -- Socio-sexual, bisexual, and homosexual behaviour -- Sexual selection and sexually dimorphic traits -- Sperm competition -- Sexual selection and genitalic evolution -- The development of sexually dimorphic behaviour -- The ovarian cycle and sexual behaviour -- The neuroendocrine regulation of sexual behaviour in the adult female -- Hormones and sexual behavior in the adult male -- Socioendocrinology and sexual behaviour -- Human sexuality in primatological perspective.
"Primate Sexuality provides an authoritative and comprehensive synthesis of current research on the evolution and physiological control of sexual behaviour in the primates - prosimians, monkeys, apes, and human beings. This new edition has been fully updated and greatly expanded throughout to incorporate a decade of new research findings. It maintains the depth and scientific rigour of the first edition, and includes a new chapter on human sexuality, written from a comparative perspective."--Publisher.
English.
9780191624186 (electronic bk.) 0191624187 (electronic bk.) 0191810029 9780191810022 1280593911 9781280593918 9786613623744 6613623741
Primates--Reproduction.
Sexual behavior in animals.
Primates--Reproduction.
Comportement sexuel chez les animaux.
NATURE--Animals--Primates.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--Primatology.
Primates--Reproduction.
Sexual behavior in animals.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
QH481 / .D56 2012eb
599.81562
Primate sexuality : comparative studies of the prosimians, monkeys, apes and human beings / Alan F. Dixson. - 2nd ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Previous edition: 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Darwin and friends -- Primate classification and evolution -- Mating systems -- Mating tactics and reproductive success -- Sexual behaviour and sexual response -- Socio-sexual, bisexual, and homosexual behaviour -- Sexual selection and sexually dimorphic traits -- Sperm competition -- Sexual selection and genitalic evolution -- The development of sexually dimorphic behaviour -- The ovarian cycle and sexual behaviour -- The neuroendocrine regulation of sexual behaviour in the adult female -- Hormones and sexual behavior in the adult male -- Socioendocrinology and sexual behaviour -- Human sexuality in primatological perspective.
"Primate Sexuality provides an authoritative and comprehensive synthesis of current research on the evolution and physiological control of sexual behaviour in the primates - prosimians, monkeys, apes, and human beings. This new edition has been fully updated and greatly expanded throughout to incorporate a decade of new research findings. It maintains the depth and scientific rigour of the first edition, and includes a new chapter on human sexuality, written from a comparative perspective."--Publisher.
English.
9780191624186 (electronic bk.) 0191624187 (electronic bk.) 0191810029 9780191810022 1280593911 9781280593918 9786613623744 6613623741
Primates--Reproduction.
Sexual behavior in animals.
Primates--Reproduction.
Comportement sexuel chez les animaux.
NATURE--Animals--Primates.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--Primatology.
Primates--Reproduction.
Sexual behavior in animals.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
QH481 / .D56 2012eb
599.81562