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In English
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
Beschreibung:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Part I Introduction -- 1 A PRIMER OF EUSOCIALITY -- 2 IN PRAISE OF ROPALIDIA -- Part II Social Biology -- 3 SOME METHODOLOGICAL NECESSITIES -- 4 NATURAL HISTORY -- 5 BEHAVIORAL CASTE DIFFERENTIATION -- 6 DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR AND REGULATION OF WORKER ACTIVITY -- 7 AGE AND DIVISION OF LABOR -- Part III The Evolution of Eusociality -- 8 THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- 9 GENETIC PREDISPOSITION I: INTRACOLONY GENETIC RELATEDNESS -- 10 GENETIC PREDISPOSITION II: KIN AND NESTMATE RECOGNITION -- 11 ECOLOGICAL PREDISPOSITION -- 12 PHYSIOLOGICAL PREDISPOSITION -- 13 DEMOGRAPHIC PREDISPOSITION -- 14 SYNTHESIS -- 15 FACTORS THAT REMAIN TO BE EXPLORED -- Part IV Beyond Ropalidia marginata: Social Evolution, Forward and Reverse -- 16 A ROUTE TO SOCIALITY -- 17 THE EVOLUTION OF CASTE POLYMORPHISM -- 18 REVERSE SOCIAL EVOLUTION -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
In this book, the biologist Raghavendra Gadagkar focuses on the single species he has worked on throughout his career. His years of study have led him to believe that ecological, physiological, and demographic factors can be more important than genetic relatedness in the selection for or against social traits