The evolution of social behavior in insects and arachnids /
The Evolution of Social Behaviour in Insects & Arachnids
edited by Jae C. Choe and Bernard J. Crespi.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
- 1 online resource (vii, 541 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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Are behavioral classifications blinders to studying natural variation? / Life beneath silk walls : a review of the primitively social Embiidina / Postovulation parental investment and parental care in cockroaches / Spectrum of eusociality in termites / Maternal care in the Hemiptera : ancestry, alternatives, and current adaptive value / Evolution of paternal care in the giant water bugs (Heteroptera : Belostomatidae) / Evolution of sociality in aphids : a clone's-eye view / Ecology and evolution of social behavior among Australian gall thrips and their allies / Interactions among males, females and offspring in bark and ambrosia beetles : the significance of living in tunnels for the evolution of social behavior / Biparental care and social evolution in burying beetles : lessons from the larder / Subsocial behavior in Scarabaeinae beetles / Evolution of social behavior in Passalidae (Coleoptera) / Evolution of social behavior in the augochlorine sweat bees (Hymenoptera : Halictidae) based on a phylogenetic analysis of the genera / Demography and sociality in halictine bees (Hymenoptera : Halictidae) / Behavioral environments of sweat bees (Halictidae) in relation to variability in social organization / Intrinsic and extrinsic factors associated with social evolution in allodapine bees / Cooperative breeding in wasps and vertebrates : the role of ecological constraints / Morphologically "primitive" ants : comparative review of social characters, and the importance of queen-worker dimorphism / Social conflict and cooperation among founding queens in ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) / Social evolution in the Lepidoptera : ecological context and communication in larval societies / Sociality and kin selection in Acari / Colonial web-building spiders : balancing the costs and benefits of group-living / Causes and consequences of cooperation and permanent-sociality in spiders / Explanation and evolution of social systems / William T. Wcislo -- Janice S. Edgerly -- Christine A. Nalepa and William J. Bell -- Janet S. Shellman-Reeve -- Douglas W. Tallamy and Carl Schaefer -- Robert L. Smith -- David L. Stern and William A. Foster -- Bernard J. Crespi and Laurence A. Mound -- Lawrence R. Kirkendall, Deborah S. Kent and Kenneth A. Raffa -- Anne-Katrin Eggert and Josef Karl Müller -- Gonzalo Halffter -- Jack C. Schuster and Laura B. Schuster -- Bryan N. Danforth and George C. Eickwort -- Douglas Yanega -- William T. Wcislo -- M.P. Schwarz, L.X. Silberbauer and P.S. Hurst -- H. Jane Brockman -- Christian Peeters -- Jae C. Choe and Dan L. Perlman -- James T. Costa and Naomi E. Pierce -- Yutaka Saito -- George W. Uetz and Craig S. Hieber -- Leticia Avilés -- Bernard J. Crespi and Jae C. Choe.
'Social' insects and arachnids exhibit forms of complex behaviour that involve cooperation in building a nest, defending against attackers or rearing offspring. This book is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to sociality and its evolution in a wide range of taxa. In it, leading researchers review the extent of sociality in different insect and arachnid groups, analyse the genetic, ecological and demographic causes of sociality from a comparative perspective and suggest ways in which the field can be moved on. It contains fascinating accounts of the social lives of many different insects and arachnids, as well as tests of current theories of the evolution of social behaviour. The Evolution of Social Behaviour in Insects and Arachnids provides essential reading and insight for students and researchers interested in social behaviour, behavioural ecology, entomology and arachnology.
9780511721953 (ebook)
Insects--Behavior. Arachnida--Behavior. Behavior evolution. Social evolution in animals.