Ecology of Social Evolution

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Korb, Judith (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Heinze, Jörgen (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Behavioral sciences.; Animal ecology.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Evolutionary biology.; Zoology.; Sociology.; Life Sciences.; Behavioral Sciences.; Animal Ecology.; Community & Population Ecology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Sociology, general.

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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• The Ecology of Social Evolution in Termites
• Kin-Recognition Mechanisms in Cooperative Breeding Systems: Ecological Causes and Behavioral Consequences of Variation
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• African Mole-Rats: Eusociality, Relatedness and Ecological Constraints
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