Ecology of Social Evolution
Research on the evolution of social behaviour has been dominated by genetic relatedness for a long time; however, both recent empirical studies and theoretical concepts give growing evidence for ecological factors acting as very prominent additional or alternative driving forces in social evolution....
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2008. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75957-7 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.