Chapter
Parent-offspring conflict
Chapter 2: Female sociality
2.2 Contrasts in female sociality
Reducing risks of predator attack
Finding and catching food
2.5 Sociality and fitness
2.6 Comparative sociality
Marsupials and monotremes
2.7 The distribution of female sociality
2.9 Consequences of female sociality
Reproductive strategies in males
Genetic structure of groups and populations
Cognitive development and brain size
Population dynamics and demography
Chapter 3: Female dispersal and philopatry
3.2 Variation in female philopatry and dispersal
3.3 Benefits of philopatry
3.4 Benefits of dispersing
Mechanisms of inbreeding avoidance
3.5 Species differences in female philopatry
3.6 Social and ecological consequences of female philopatry
Chapter 4: Female mating decisions
4.2 Direct benefits of mate choice to females
4.3 Genetic benefits of mate choice to females
4.4 Female mating preferences
Heterozygosity, genetic dissimilarity and compatibility
4.6 Partner number and post-copulatory mate choice
4.7 Variation in mate choice and partner number
4.8 Consequences of female mating preferences
5.2 The evolution of maternal care
Investment and maternal survival
Safe harbours and offspring development
Allocation of resources to different offspring
Parent-offspring conflict
Selection for prenatal growth
5.5 Lactation and infant care
5.6 Post-weaning investment
Post-reproductive investment
5.7 Investment strategies
Maternal investment and fitness costs
Maternal investment and offspring needs
Maternal investment and offspring quality
5.8 Relationships between siblings
5.9 Parent-offspring conflict
5.10 Consequences of maternal care
Chapter 6: Social development
6.6 Individual differences and personality
The evolution of signalling systems
7.3 Signalling in theory and practice
Repertoire size and signal variability
Chapter 8: Competition between females
Threats, punishment and harassment
8.3 Social structure and competition
Dominance and reproductive success
The acquisition of dominance
8.4 Conflict proliferation and limitation
Reconciliation and reassurance
Consolation and intervention
8.5 Consequences of female competition
Chapter 9: Cooperation between females
9.2 Cooperation in different contexts
Defence against predators
Alarm calls and sentinel behaviour
Defence against neighbours and immigrants
Mutual support in competitive interactions
The causal basis of cooperation
9.3 Cheating in theory and practice
9.4 The evolution of cooperation
9.5 Consequences of cooperation
Chapter 10: Mating systems
Social monogamy and male care
Resource-based mating territories
10.4 Genetic mating systems
10.5 Consequences of polygyny
Variation in male breeding success
Chapter 11: Association between males
11.2 Contrasts in the formation and structure of male groups
11.3 Costs of association to males
11.4 Benefits of association to males
11.5 Kinship, familiarity, cooperation and hostility
11.6 The size of male associations
11.7 Contrasts in reproductive skew
11.8 Consequences of male association
Chapter 12: Male dispersal and its consequences
12.2 Variation in dispersal rates by males
12.3 The costs and benefits of dispersal to males
12.4 Secondary dispersal by males
12.5 Sex differences in philopatry
12.7 The social and ecological consequences of male dispersal
Chapter 13: Reproductive competition among males
13.2 The benefits and costs of fighting
13.3 Assessment and the evolution of male displays
Honesty and deception in male displays
13.4 Adaptive fighting tactics
13.5 Benefits and costs of mate guarding
13.6 Adaptive guarding tactics
Morphological adaptations to sperm competition
Behavioural adaptations to sperm competition
13.9 Consequences of reproductive competition between males
Chapter 14: Relationships between males in multi-male groups
14.2 The development of dominance
14.3 Dominance and breeding success
14.4 Reproductive skew in multi-male groups
14.5 Dominance, condition and survival
14.6 Coalitions and alliances
The distribution of coalitions
Evolution of coalitionary behaviour
14.7 Market models and the dynamics of supportive relationships
14.8 Punishment, retaliation and reconciliation
14.9 The consequences of male hierarchies
Skew, kinship and genetic structure
Relationships between females
Machiavellian behaviour and brain size
Chapter 15: Males and females
Punishment and intimidation
15.5 Female counter-strategies to male coercion
15.7 Female counter-strategies to male infanticide
15.8 Post-copulatory sexual conflict
15.9 Demographic consequences of sexual conflict
Chapter 16: Paternal care
16.2 The distribution of paternal care
16.4 Benefits and costs of paternal care
16.6 Conflicts between parents
16.7 Male care and the evolution of mating systems
Chapter 17: Cooperative breeding
17.3 Reproductive suppression
Subordinate counter-strategies
Reproductive suppression in males
17.5 Benefits and costs of helping
Cheating and `false-feeding´
17.7 Regulation of workload
17.8 The evolution of cooperative breeding
17.9 Consequences of cooperative breeding
Fecundity and longevity in females
Variance in breeding success
Chapter 18: Sex differences
Prenatal growth and development
Postnatal growth and development
Sex differences in nursing time and ingestion
Juveniles and adolescents
18.10 Sex ratios at birth
Variation between females
Chapter 19: Hominins and humans
19.5 Hominin and human societies
Hunter-gatherers and foragers
Agriculturalists and pastoralists
Tribes, chiefdoms and states
Chapter 20: Human behaviour
Incest and inbreeding avoidance
The evolution of post-reproductive lifespans in women
The evolution of human cooperation
Cooperative defence and warfare
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