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Princeton University Press
Language
English
Pages
300

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Subjects
Sexual behavior in animals, Sex differences, Sexual dimorphism (Animals), Animals, Animal behavior

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Odd Couples: Extraordinary Differences between the Sexes in the Animal Kingdom
Aug 25, 2015, Princeton University Press
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Odd couples: extraordinary differences between the sexes in the animal kingdom
2013, Princeton University Press
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Odd Couples: Extraordinary Differences Between the Sexes in the Animal Kingdom
2013, Princeton University Press
in English
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Odd Couples: Extraordinary Differences Between the Sexes in the Animal Kingdom
2013, Princeton University Press
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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-285) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
591.4/6
Library of Congress
QP81.5 .F35 2013, QP81.5.F35 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
300

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OL27145216M
Internet Archive
oddcouplesextrao0000fair
ISBN 10
0691141967
ISBN 13
9780691141961
LCCN
2012046578
OCLC/WorldCat
820118780

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