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082 _a595.798 GAD
100 1 _aGadagkar, Raghavendra
245 1 4 _aThe social biology of Ropalidia marginata :
_btoward understanding the evolution of eusociality /
_cRaghavendra Gadagkar
260 _aCambridge :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c2001.
300 _axiii, 368 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
505 _aPart 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
650 0 _aRopalidia marginata
_xBehavior.
650 0 _aInsect societies.
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_cBK
999 _c111947
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