This text/reference presents a unified treatment of vertebrate reproductive physiology and sexual interactions in the context of environmental responses. Stresses the ecology and evolution of wild species, integrating biochemical and genetic mechanisms with behavioral and environmental influences. Addresses sex determination, growth and development, parental care, fecundity, and seasonality. Presents results of many experimental studies and observations made in the wild. In addition to having a large number of citations (over 1400), this book is unique in its broad coverage, and in its effort to explain ecology and evolution in terms of known physiological processes.
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