Synopses & Reviews
This multi-author volume provides both a conceptual context and an instruction in methods for many aspects of sex ratio research. The book discusses theory, statistical analysis, and genetics, as well as research in one of a wide spectrum of animal, plant, and microbial taxa. Sex Ratios: Concepts and Research Methods is primarily intended for graduate and professional behavioral and evolutionary ecologists in this field, but it will also be useful to biologists building evolutionary models, and researchers analyzing data involving proportions or comparisons across phylogenetically related species.
Review
'\"This book is beautifully produced and often fun to read...\" Plant Science Bulletin\"...his arguements are always interesting and original. Hardy has done an excellent job in editing a book that conveys the continuing excitement in sex ratio research while still, to paraphrase Darwin, leaving some problems for future solution.\" Nature'
Review
"Anyone working on sex ratios will want a copy of this book." Steven A. Frank, University of California, Irvine, CA"This book is beautifully produced and often fun to read..." Plant Science Bulletin"...his arguements are always interesting and original. Hardy has done an excellent job in editing a book that conveys the continuing excitement in sex ratio research while still, to paraphrase Darwin, leaving some problems for future solution." Nature
Synopsis
Theory and methods of exploring sex ratios in plants, animals and microbes.
Synopsis
Sex ratios, the proportions of males and females in any given species, are important in evolutionary and behavioural ecology. This volume explores the context to and methods for many aspects of research on sex ratios, and will be an indispensable reference for all those working in this area.
Synopsis
Sex Ratios: Concepts and Research Methods provides both context to and instruction on many aspects of research on sex ratios. Unlike other books on the topic, it covers both how to carry out research on sex ratios and why such research is important in the context of evolutionary ecology. A wide spectrum of animal plant and microbial groups are covered, from malarial parasites to humans. Researchers and graduate students in behavioural and evolutionary ecology will find it an indispensable reference work for their research.
Table of Contents
Preface and acknowledgements; Part I. Sex Ratio Theory: 1. Models of sex ratio evolution Jon Seger and J. William Stubblefield; 2. Optimal sex allocation: steps towards a mechanistic theory Ido R. Pen and Franz J. Weissing; Part II. Statistical Analysis of Sex Ratio Data: 3. Statistical analysis of sex ratios: an introduction Kenneth Wilson and Ian C. W. Hardy; 4. Analysis of sex ratios in social insects J. J. (Koos) Boomsma and Gösta Nachman; 5. Analysis of sex ratio variances and consequences of sex allocation Sven Krackow, Evert Meelis and Ian C. W. Hardy; 6. Comparative analysis of sex ratios Peter J. Mayhew and Ido R. Pen; Part III. Genetics of Sex Ratio and Sex Determination: 7. Sex determining mechanisms in vertebrates Sarah B. M. Kraak and Ido R. Pen; 8. Sex determination in invertebrates James M. Cook; 9. Sex ratio distorters and their detection Richard Stouthamer, Gregory D. D. Hurst and J. A . J. (Hans) Breeuwer; Part IV. Animal Sex Ratios Under Different Life-Histories: 10. Sex ratios of parasitic Hymenoptera with unusual life-histories Paul J. Ode and Martha S. Hunter; 11. Sex ratio control in arrhenotkous and pseudo-arrhenotokous mites Maurice W. Sabelis, C. J. (Kees) Nagelkerke and J. A. J. (Hans) Breeuwer; 12. Aphid sex ratios William A. Foster; 13. Sex ratios in birds and mammals: can the hypotheses be disentangled Andrew Cockburn, Sarah Legge and Michael C. Double; 14. Human sex ratios: adaptations and mechanisms, problems and prospects John Lazarus; Part V. Sex ratios in other kingdoms: 15. Sex ratios of malaria parasites and related protozoa Andrew Read, Todd G. Smith , Sean Nee and Stuart A. West; 16. Sex allocation in hermaphroditic plants Peter G. L. Klinkhamer and Tom J. de Jong; 17. Sex ratios in dioecious plants Tom J. de Jong and Peter G. L. Klinkhamer; Part VI. Applications of sex ratios: 18. Operational sex ratios and mating competition Charlotta Kvarnemo and Ingrid Ahnestjö; 19. Using sex ratios: the past and the future Steven Hecht Orzack; 20. Using sex ratios: why bother? Stuart A. West and Edward Allen Herre.