The social biology of Ropalidia marginata : toward understanding the evolution of eusociality / Raghavendra Gadagkar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gadagkar, Raghavendra, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ropalidia marginata--Behavior.

Ropalidia marginata.

Insect societies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 368 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, the biologist Raghavendra Gadagkar focuses on the single species he has worked on throughout his career. His years of study have led him to believe that ecological, physiological, and demographic factors can be more important than genetic relatedness in the selection for or against social traits.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780674037458

0674037456