Raghavendra Gadagkar

The Social Biology of Ropalidia Marginata

Toward Understanding the Evolution of Eusociality

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 721g
• ISBN-13: 9780674006119
• ISBN-10: 0674006119
• Artikelnr.: 22462351

Autorenporträt

Raghavendra Gadagkar is Professor and Chairman of the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, and Honorary Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore, India.

Inhaltsangabe

13. Demographic Predisposition 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 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