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Caste and ecology in the social insects. (MPB-12), Volume 12 / George F. Oster, Edward O. Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oster, George F., Author.
- Wilson, Edward O., Author.
- Series:
- Monographs in Population Biology 91
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Allometric space;Allometry.
- Auslander, D.
- Brian.
- Brown.
- Camponotus (carpenter ants).
- Caste distribution function (CDF).
- Demography.
- Eaton (army ants).
- Energy as utility.
- Formica (ants).
- Guckenheimer, J.
- Hare, Hope.
- Individual-level selection.
- Janzen, D. H.
- Michener, C. D.
- Mirmirani, M.
- Monomorium (ants).
- Myrmica (ants).
- Nash equilibrium.
- Oecophylla (weaver ants), frontispiece.
- Oster, G. F.
- Pheidole (ants).
- Pogonomyrmex (harvesting ants).
- Polistes (paper wasps).
- Resource distribution function (RDF).
- Schmidt, G. H.
- Soldier caste.
- Temporal castes.
- Trivers, R. L.
- Wilson, E. O.
- Local Subjects:
- Allometric space;Allometry.
- Auslander, D.
- Brian.
- Brown.
- Camponotus (carpenter ants).
- Caste distribution function (CDF).
- Demography.
- Eaton (army ants).
- Energy as utility.
- Formica (ants).
- Guckenheimer, J.
- Hare, Hope.
- Individual-level selection.
- Janzen, D. H.
- Michener, C. D.
- Mirmirani, M.
- Monomorium (ants).
- Myrmica (ants).
- Nash equilibrium.
- Oecophylla (weaver ants), frontispiece.
- Oster, G. F.
- Pheidole (ants).
- Pogonomyrmex (harvesting ants).
- Polistes (paper wasps).
- Resource distribution function (RDF).
- Schmidt, G. H.
- Soldier caste.
- Temporal castes.
- Trivers, R. L.
- Wilson, E. O.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- In this pathbreaking and far-reaching work George Oster and Edward Wilson provide the first fully developed theory of caste evolution among the social insects. Furthermore, in studying the effects of natural selection in generally increasing the insects' ergonomic efficiency, they go beyond the concentration of previous researchers on the physiological mechanisms of the insects and turn our attention instead to the scale and efficiency of the insects' division of labor.Recognizing that the efficiency of the insect colony is based on a complex fitting of the division of labor to many simultaneous needs, including those imposed by the distribution of resources and enemies around the nest, Professors Oster and Wilson are able to construct a series of mathematical models to characterize the agents of natural selection that promote particular caste systems.The social insects play a key role in the subject of sociobiology because their social organization is so rigid and can be related to genetic evolution. Because of this important consideration, the authors' work has consequences not only for entomology but also for general evolutionary theory.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- CHAPTER ONE. Why Is Caste Important?
- CHAPTER TWO. Colony Life Cycles
- CHAPTER THREE. The Genetic Preconditions for Caste Evolution
- CHAPTER FOUR. The Biological Characteristics of Caste Systems
- CHAPTER FIVE. Caste Structure and Ergonomic Optimization
- CHAPTER SIX. Optimum Caste Ratios
- CHAPTER SEVEN. Caste in the Service of Foraging Strategy
- CHAPTER EIGHT. A Critique of Optimization Theory in Evolutionary Biology
- CHAPTER NINE. Unsolved Problems
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780691209326
- 0691209324
- OCLC:
- 1153450593
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