Ecology: Concepts and Applications 4th Edition by Manual Molles

Exercise 2

One of the basic assumptions of the material presented in chapter 7 is that the form of reproduction will exert substantial influence on social interactions within a species. How might interactions differ in populations that reproduce asexually versus ones that engage in sexual reproduction? How might having separate sexes versus hermaphrodites affect the types of social interactions within a population? How should having several forms of one sex, for example, large and small males, influence the diversity of behavioral interactions within the population?