Alternative Reproductive Tactics: An Integrative Approach

Preface Rui F. Oliveira, Michael Taborsky and H. Jane Brockmann 1. The evolution of alternative mating tactics: concepts and questions Michael Taborsky, Rui F. Oliveira and H. Jane Brockmann Part I. Ultimate Causes and Origins of ARTs: 2. Alternative reproductive tactics and the evolution of alternative allocation phenotypes H. Jane Brockmann and Michael Taborsky 3. Phylogenetic analysis of alternative reproductive tactics – Problems and possibilities Vitor C. Almada and Joana I. Robalo 4. Modeling alternative mating tactics as dynamic games Jeffrey R. Lucas and Richard D. Howard Part II. Proximate Mechanisms of ARTs: 5. The roles of genes and the environment in the expression and evolution of alternative tactics Douglas J. Emlen 6. Neuroendocrine mechanisms of alternative reproductive tactics: the chemical language of reproductive and social plasticity Andrew H. Bass and Paul M. Forlano 7. Hormones and alternative reproductive tactics in vertebrates Rui F. Oliveira, Adelino V. M. Canario and Albert F. H. Ros Part III. Taxonomic Reviews of ARTs: 8. Alternative reproductive tactics in insects H. Jane Brockmann 9. The expression of crustacean mating strategies Stephen M. Shuster 10. Alternative reproductive tactics in fish Michael Taborsky 11. Alternative reproductive tactics in amphibians Kelly R. Zamudio and Lauren M. Chan 12. Alternative reproductive tactics in reptiles Ryan Calsbeek and Barry Sinervo 13. Alternative reproductive tactics in birds Oliver Kruger 14. Alternative reproductive tactics in nonprimate male mammals Jerry O. Wolff 15. Alternative reproductive tactics in primates Joanna M. Setchell Part IV. Emerging Perspectives on ARTs: 16. Communication and the evolution of alternative reproductive tactics David Goncalves, Rui F. Oliveira and Peter K. McGregor 17. Alternative mating tactics and mate choice for good genes or good care Brian Neff 18. Conflict between the sexes and alternative reproductive tactics within a sex Suzanne H. Alonzo 19. Cooperative breeding as an alternative reproductive tactic Walter D. Koenig and Janis L. Dickinson 20. Integrating mechanisms and function: prospects for future research H. Jane Brockmann, Rui Oliveira and Michael Taborsky.