Browsing Fakultät für Biologie und Psychologie (inkl. GAUSS) by Advisor "Kappeler, Peter M. Prof. Dr."
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The effect of visible skin condition on the perception of female facial age, health, and attractiveness
(2011-09-14)Evolutionary psychologists argue that humans have evolved preferences for those facial features that signal health and fertility and thus facilitate mate selection. While there is ample ... -
Variation in susceptibility to parasite infection: patterns, determinants and consequences in red-fronted lemurs
(2009-10-05)Parasites and infectious diseases represent an ecological force shaping animal social evolution. Particular attention has been paid to parasite infection as a driver of mate choice in models ... -
Male Reproductive Strategies in Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
(2009-04-28)The lemurs of Madagascar are the evolutionary endpoints of a spectacular primate adaptive radiation and provide a unique opportunity to study convergent evolution in social organization. ... -
Inequality in nature. Patterns of reproductive skew among male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus)
(2009-01-22)Due to male-male competition over access to fertile females, small groups of female primates are predicted to contain only one adult male. The gregarious lemurs of Madagascar significantly ... -
Ecological determinants of social systems: Comparative and experimental feeding ecology of two mouse lemur species (<i>Microcebus berthae, M. murinus</i>)
(2009-01-13)The socio-ecological model (SEM) integrates ecological factors with characteristics of social systems and allows predictions about the relationships between resource distribution, type ... -
Species delimitation, phylogeography and population genetics of the endemic Malagasy dwarf lemurs (genus Cheirogaleus)
(2008-06-27)This dissertation addressed aspects of species delimitation, phylogeography and population genetics of the endemic Malagasy genus Cheirogaleus. Morphometric, molecular and distributional data at multiple scales from all ... -
The signaling function of artificial ornamentation in humans
(2007-11-29)In recent years, body modification such as tattoos and body piercings became fashionable again and increased considerably in prevalence. Previously, body modification has been suggested ...