Sex in cetaceans : morphology, behavior, and the evolution of sexual strategies / Bernd Würsig, Dara N. Orbach, editors.
Würsig, Bernd G., editor.; Orbach, Dara N., editor.
2023
QL737.C4
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Title Sex in cetaceans : morphology, behavior, and the evolution of sexual strategies / Bernd Würsig, Dara N. Orbach, editors.
ISBN 9783031356513 (electronic bk.)
3031356519 (electronic bk.)
9783031356506
3031356500 (hardcover)
9783031356506
9783031356537 (softcover)
3031356535 (softcover)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35651-3
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2023]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (ix, 619 pages) : illustrations
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-35651-3 doi
Call Number QL737.C4
Dewey Decimal Classification 599.5
Summary 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.
Note Includes index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 28, 2023).
Added Author Würsig, Bernd G., editor.
Orbach, Dara N., editor.
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Chapter 1. Sex and Behavior
Chapter 2. Genetic Tools to Investigate the Consequences of Sex
Chapter 3. Skulls, Teeth, and Sex
Chapter 4. Cetacean Evolution: Copulatory and Birthing Consequences of Pelvic and Hindlimb Reduction
Chapter 5. Sexual Anatomy of Female Cetaceans: Art and Science Contribute Insights into Functionality
Chapter 6. Interspecific Comparison of Reproductive Strategies
Chapter 7. Non-Conceptive Sexual Behavior in Cetaceans: Comparison of Form and Function
Chapter 8. Play, Sexual Display, or Just Boredom Relief?
Chapter 9. Sexual Behaviors of Odontocetes in Managed Care
Chapter 10. Infanticide and Sexual Conflict in Cetaceans
Chapter 11. Drone Perspectives on Cetacean Mating and Sex
Chapter 12. Inter- and Intrapopulation Variation in Bottlenose Dolphin Mating Strategies
Chapter 13. Sex and Sexual Strategies in Deep-Diving Risso's Dolphins
Chapter 14. Sociosexual Behavior of Nocturnally Foraging Dusky and Spinner Dolphins
Chapter 15. Life History Parameters, Sociobiology, and Reproductive Strategies of Pilot Whales
Chapter 16. Sex in Killer Whales: Behavior, Exogamy and the Evolution of Sexual Strategies in the Ocean’s Apex Predator
Chapter 17. Beaked Whale Sexual Dimorphism, Mating Strategies, and Diversification
Chapter 18. Sexual Behavior and Anatomy in Porpoises
Chapter 19. Sperm Whale Reproductive Strategies: Current Knowledge and Future Directions
Chapter 20. Reproductive Tactics in Baleen Whales
Chapter 21. Gray Whale Sex, Reproductive Behavior, and Social Strategies
Chapter 22. Bowhead Whale Reproductive Strategies
Chapter 23. Right Whale Sexual Strategies and Behavior
Chapter 24. Cetacean Sociality, Reproduction, and Conservation.

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