Judith Korb,
Juergen Heinze
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
0e druk, 2010
9783642095078
Ecology of Social Evolution
Specificaties
Paperback, 266 blz.
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Engels
Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
2010
ISBN13: 9783642095078
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Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
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Samenvatting
The time is ripe to investigate similarities and differences in the course of social evolution in different animals. This book brings together renowned researchers working on sociality in different animals to deal with the key questions of sociobiology. For the first time, they compile the evidence for the importance of ecological factors in the evolution of social life, ranging from invertebrate to vertebrate social systems, and evaluate its importance versus that of relatedness.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9783642095078
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:266
Uitgever:Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Druk:0
Inhoudsopgave
The Evolution and Ecology of Cooperation – History and Concepts.- The Ecology of Altruism in a Clonal Insect.- The Evolutionary Ecology of Eusociality in Australian Gall Thrips: a ‘Model Clades’ Approach.- The Ecology and Evolution of Helping in Hover Wasps (Hymenoptera: Stenogastrinae).- Why are so Many Bees but so Few Digger Wasps Social? The Effect of Provisioning Mode and Helper Efficiency on the Distribution of Sociality Among the Apoidea.- Social Plasticity: Ecology, Genetics, and the Structure of Ant Societies.- The Ecology of Social Evolution in Termites.- Kin-Recognition Mechanisms in Cooperative Breeding Systems: Ecological Causes and Behavioral Consequences of Variation.- Social Ecology of Horses.- African Mole-Rats: Eusociality, Relatedness and Ecological Constraints.- Genetic and Ecological Determinants of Primate Social Systems.- The Ecology of Social Life: A Synthesis.