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The social biology of Ropalidia marginata : toward understanding the evolution of eusociality /
Gadagkar, Raghavendra
The social biology of Ropalidia marginata : toward understanding the evolution of eusociality / Raghavendra Gadagkar - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2001. - xiii, 368 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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
9780674006119
2001024420
Ropalidia marginata--Behavior.
Insect societies.
595.798 GAD
The social biology of Ropalidia marginata : toward understanding the evolution of eusociality / Raghavendra Gadagkar - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2001. - xiii, 368 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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
9780674006119
2001024420
Ropalidia marginata--Behavior.
Insect societies.
595.798 GAD