Odd couples : extraordinary differences between the sexes in the animal kingdom
Record details
- ISBN: 0691141967 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780691141961 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
viii, 300 pages, [16] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
print - Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013].
- Copyright: 2013
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-285) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The roots of sexual differences : why male and female animals differ -- Elephant seals : harems, hierarchies, and giant males -- Great bustards : gorgeous males and choosy females -- Shell-carrying cichlids : protective males and furtive females -- Yellow garden spiders : sedentary females and roving males -- Blanket octopuses : drifting females and dwarf males -- Giant seadevils : fearsome females and parasitic males -- Bone-eating worms : female tubeworms with harems of minuscule males -- Shell-burrowing barnacles : sac-like females with harems of phallic males -- The diversity of sexual differences : differences between males and females across the animal kingdom. |
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Subject: | Sex differences Sexual behavior in animals Sexual dimorphism (Animals) |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QP 81.5 .F35 2013 | 30775305460637 | General Collection | Available | - |