Promiscuity by Tim R Birkhead

Promiscuity by Tim R Birkhead

Contrary to beliefs, females are remarkably promiscuous and have evolved an array of tricks to determine who exactly will be the father of their offspring. This text introduces the world of sexual competition, where males and females vie with each other to maximize their reproductive success.

Birkhead, Tim: - Tim Birkhead is a professor at the University of Sheffield where he teaches animal behaviour and the history of science. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and his research has taken him all over the world in the quest to understand the lives of birds. He has written for The Independent, New Scientist, BBC Wildlife. Among his other books are Promiscuity, Great Auk Islands, The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Birds which won the McColvin medal and The Red Canary which won the Consul Cremer Prize. He is married with three children and lives in Sheffield.

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ISBN 13	9780571193608
ISBN 10	0571193609
Titre	Promiscuity
Auteur	Tim R Birkhead
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Faber & Faber
Année de publication	2000-05-02
Nombre de pages	283
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