Social Evolution in Ants / / Nigel R. Franks, Andrew F.G. Bourke.
Biologists since Darwin have been intrigued and confounded by the complex issues involved in the evolution and ecology of the social behavior of insects. The self-sacrifice of sterile workers in ant colonies has been particularly difficult for evolutionary biologists to explain. In this important ne...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019] ©1996 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Monographs in Behavior and Ecology ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (550 p.) :; 35 line illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1. Kin Selection
- 2. Levels-of-selection Theory, Gene Selectionism, and Insect Societies
- 3. Kin Selection, Haplodiploidy, and the Evolution of Eusociality in Ants
- 4. Sex Ratio Theory for the Social Hymenoptera
- 5. Tests of Sex Ratio Theory in Ants
- 6. Kin Conflict over Sex Allocation
- 7. Kin Conflict over Reproduction
- 8. Evolution and Ecology of Multiple-queen Societies
- 9. Life History Theory in Ants
- 10. The Diversity of Life Histories in Ants
- 11. Mating Biology
- 12. The Division of Labor
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Taxonomic Index