Ecological Aspects of Social Evolution : : Birds and Mammals / / ed. by Daniel I. Rubenstein, Richard W. Wrangham.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Andelman, Sandy J.,; Armitage, Kenneth B.,; Bradbury, Jack W.,; Dunbar, R. I. M.,; Fitzpatrick, John W.,; Flinn, Mark V.,; Gibson, Robert M.,; Gosling, L. M.,; Jarman, Peter J.,; Lank, David B.,; Leighton, Mark,; Low, Bobbl S.,; Mckinney, Frank,; Moehlman, Patricia D.,; Oring, Lewis W.,; Packer, Craig,; Petrie, Marion,; Robinson, Scott K.,; Rood, Jon P.,; Rubenstein, Daniel I.,; Southwell, Colin J.,; Stein, Daniel I. Ruben,; Woolfenden, Glen E.,; Wrangham, Richard W.,
• HerausgeberIn: Rubenstein, Daniel I.,; Wrangham, Richard W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 460
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (564 p.)

Seeking common principles of social evolution in different taxonomic groups, the contributors to this volume discuss eighteen groups of birds and mammals for which long-term field studies have been carried out. They examine how social organization is shaped by the interaction between proximate ecological pressures and culture"--the social traditions already in place and shaped by local and phylogenetic history.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Socioecology: Origins and Trends -- PART 1. Monogamous Variations -- 2. Polyandry in Spotted Sandpipers: The Impact of Environment and Experience -- 3. Reproductive Strategies of Male and Female Moorhens (Gallinula chloropus) -- 4. Ecology of Cooperation in Canids -- 5. Sexual Asymmetries in the Life History of the Florida Scrub Jay -- 6. Hornbill Social Dispersion: Variations on a Monogamous Theme -- 7. Ecology and Social Evolution in the Mongooses -- 8. Ecological Factors Influencing the Social Systems of Migratory Dabbling Ducks -- PART II. Polygynous Patterns -- 9. The Evolution of Social Behavior and Mating Systems in the Blackbirds (Icterinae) -- 10. Ecological and Social Determinants of Cercopithecine Mating Patterns -- 11. Resource Distribution, Social Competition, and Mating Patterns in Human Societies -- 12. The Evolution of Mating Strategies in Male Antelopes -- 13. Ecology and Sociality in Horses and Zebras -- 14. Marmot Polygyny Revisited: Determinants of Male and Female Reproductive Strategies -- 15. The Social Ecology of Gelada Baboons -- 16. Ecology and Social Relationships in Two Species of Chimpanzee -- 17. Male and Female Mating Strategies on Sage Grouse Leks -- 18. Grouping, Associations, and Reproductive Strategies in Eastern Grey Kangaroos -- 19. The Ecology of Sociality in Felids -- 20. Social Evolution in Birds and Mammals -- Acknowledgments -- Literature Cited -- Author Index