Sex in Cetaceans
Morphology, Behavior, and the Evolution of Sexual Strategies
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Beschreibung
Sex in Cetaceans provides an up-to-date review of multi-faceted aspects related to mating and reproduction in toothed and baleen whales. This open access book begins with discussions of sexual selection and anatomical traits related to mating and diversity between the sexes. The functions of non-conceptive copulations are reviewed as are different research techniques applied to explore sex in cetaceans. Authors and editors build knowledge of female and male social, mating, and parental strategies and tactics for several specific toothed dolphin/porpoise/whale species and baleen whale species. It concludes with a discussion of potential conservation efforts and ways to help especially beleaguered species and populations the world over.
The volume is intended as a major primer of cetacean sex for undergraduate and graduate students, new and established researchers in the field, and the public wishing to learn more.
Sex in Cetaceans provides an up-to-date review of multi-faceted aspects related to mating and reproduction in toothed and baleen whales. This open access book begins with discussions of sexual selection and anatomical traits related to mating and diversity between the sexes. The functions of non-conceptive copulations are reviewed as are different research techniques applied to explore sex in cetaceans. Authors and editors build knowledge of female and male social, mating, and parental strategies and tactics for several specific toothed dolphin/porpoise/whale species and baleen whale species. It concludes with a discussion of potential conservation efforts and ways to help especially beleaguered species and populations the world over.
The volume is intended as a major primer of cetacean sex for undergraduate and graduate students, new and established researchers in the field, and the public wishing to learn more.
This book is open access which means you have free and unlimited access Examines sex and sexual strategies in light of the need for conservation/management strategies Includes innovative research tools such as the use of unmanned aerial vehicles Rich illustrations of morphology from dissections and electronic imaging, and behavior in nature and aquaria
Autor*in
Bernd Würsig
Themen in »Sex in Cetaceans«
Open Access Dolphin and Porpoise Sex and Sexual Selection Morphologies of Cetacean Female and Male Sexual Organs Sexual Behaviors and Strategies of Beaked Whales Sexual Behaviors and Strategies of Harbor Porpoises Sexual Behaviors and Strategies of Mysticetes Sexual Behaviors and Strategies of Matriarchal Whales Sexual Behaviors and Sexual Selection Sexual Behaviors and Strategies of Toothed and Baleen Whales
Stimmen zu »Sex in Cetaceans«
“There is a lot of information about cetacean reproduction to absorb in this book. I recommend it for anyone interested in learning more about reproduction and the intriguing aspects of mating systems in aquatic-living mammals.” (Diane Gendron, Marine Mammal Science, October 4, 2024)
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