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No detailed description available for "Social Evolution in Ants".
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Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (544 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780691206899
Series Statement:
Monographs in Behavior and Ecology Series ; v.16
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5985020
DDC:
595.79/6045248
Language:
English
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Content -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 Kin Selection -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Natural Selection as Gene Selection -- 1.3 The Problem of Altruism -- 1.4 Kin Selection and Hamilton's Rule -- 1.5 Inclusive Fitness -- 1.6 Kin Selection Works at All Gene Frequencies -- 1.7 Gene Expression in Kin Selection Theory -- 1.8 The Gene for Altruism and the Interests of the Rest of the Genome -- 1.9 Parental Manipulation Theory -- 1.10 Conclusion -- 1.11 Summary -- 2 Levels-of-selection Theory, Gene Selectionism, and Insect Societies -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Colony-level, Group, Kin, and Gene Selection -- 2.3 Two Examples of Colony-level Selection -- 2.4 Levels-of-selection Theory -- 2.5 Gene Selectionism, Levels-of-selection Theory, the Evolution of Individuality, and Suppression of Within-unit Conflict -- 2.6 The Superorganism -- 2.7 Conclusion -- 2.8 Summary -- 3 Kin Selection, Haplodiploidy, and the Evolution of Eusociality in Ants -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Concepts in the Origin and Evolution of Eusociality -- 3.3 The Origin of Eusociality in Ants -- 3.4 The Epigenetic Theory of Insect Sociality -- 3.5 The Haplodiploidy Hypothesis -- 3.6 A Critique of the Haplodiploidy Hypothesis (I) -- 3.7 A Critique of the Haplodiploidy Hypothesis (II) -- 3.8 Factors Promoting Worker Evolution via Relatedness and Sex Ratio Effects in Haplodiploid Populations -- 3.9 Factors Promoting Worker Evolution in Diploid and Haplodiploid Populations -- 3.10 Conclusion -- 3.11 Summary -- 4 Sex Ratio Theory for the Social Hymenoptera -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Fisher's Sex Ratio Theory -- 4.3 Sex Ratios in Social Haplodiploids: Basic Theory -- 4.4 Sex Ratios in Slave-making Ants -- 4.5 Sex Ratios under Multiple Mating -- 4.6 Sex Ratios under Worker Reproduction -- 4.7 Sex Ratios under Polygyny.
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4.8 Sex Ratios when there is Colony Fission, Colony Budding, or Polydomy -- 4.9 Sex Ratio with Local Mate Competition -- 4.10 Sex Ratio with Local Resource Competition and Local Resource Enhancement -- 4.11 Conclusion -- 4.12 Summary -- 5 Tests of Sex Ratio Theory in Ants -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Tests of the Trivers-Hare Model for Monogynous Species -- 5.3 Sex Ratio Data in Slave-making Ants -- 5.4 Sex Ratio Data in Multiply Mating Species -- 5.5 Sex Ratio Data in Species with Worker Reproduction -- 5.6 Sex Ratio Data in Polygynous Species -- 5.7 Sex Ratio Data in Species with Colony Fission, Colony Budding, or Polydomy -- 5.8 Sex Ratio Data in Species with Local Mate Competition -- 5.9 Sex Ratio Data in Species with Local Resource Competition -- 5.10 Conclusion -- 5.11 Summary -- 6 Kin Conflict over Sex Allocation -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Why do Colonies Vary in their Sex Ratios? -- 6.3 Do Queens and Workers Share Control of Sex Allocation? -- 6.4 What are the Mechanisms for Controlling Sex Allocation? -- 6.5 What Tactics could Queens and Workers use in the Sex Ratio Conflict? -- 6.6 What Factors Affect the Outcome of Queen-Worker Sex Ratio Conflict? -- 6.7 Conclusion -- 6.8 Summary -- 7 Kin Conflict over Reproduction -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Basic Theory of Kin Conflict -- 7.3 Factors Affecting Kin Conflict in Social Hymenoptera -- 7.4 Kin Conflict over Male Production -- 7.5 Kin Conflict in Multiple-queen Societies -- 7.6 Other Kinds of Kin Conflict in Ants -- 7.7 Conclusion -- 7.8 Summary -- 8 Evolution and Ecology of Multiple-queen Societies -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Types of Polygynous Society and their Features -- 8.3 Evolution of Foundress Associations -- 8.4 Evolution of Multicolonial, Secondary Polygyny -- 8.5 Evolution of Unicolonial Polygyny -- 8.6 Evolution of Functional Monogyny, Queen Aggression, and a Stable Reproductive Skew.
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8.7 Conclusion -- 8.8 Summary -- 9 Life History Theory in Ants -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Life History Theory in General and in Social Insects -- 9.3 The Evolution of a Perennial Life Cycle in Ants -- 9.4 Dispersal in Stable Habitats -- 9.5 Trade-offs, Propagule Size, and Modes of Colony Foundation -- 9.6 Modular Growth -- 9.7 Reaction Norms -- 9.8 Lineage-specific Effects and the Concept of rand K Selection -- 9.9 Special Issues in Social Insect Life History Evolution -- 9.10 Conclusion -- 9.11 Summary -- 10 The Diversity of Life Histories in Ants -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Imported Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta -- 10.3 The Red Ants, Myrmica -- 10.4 The Leptothoracines -- 10.5 The Wood Ants, Formica -- 10.6 The Argentine Ant, Linepithema humile -- 10.7 The Obligately Thelytokous Ant Pristomyrmex pungens -- 10.8 The Army Ants, Eciton -- 10.9 Conclusion -- 10.10 Summary -- 11 Mating Biology -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Sexual Selection and Ant Sexual Behavior -- 11.3 Sperm Use and Sperm Competition in Ants -- 11.4 The Evolution of Multiple Mating in Ant Queens -- 11.5 The Location of Mating: Causes and Consequences -- 11.6 Conclusion -- 11.7 Summary -- 12 The Division of Labor -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 The General Significance of a Division of Labor -- 12.3 Temporal Polyethism and a Confusion of Cause and Effect -- 12.4 An Algorithmic Approach to the Division of Labor -- 12.5 The Division of Labor: Empirical Studies -- 12.6 New Approaches: Spatial Patterns and the Division of Labor -- 12.7 Ant Colonies, Adaptive Redundancy, Complexity, and Organizations -- 12.8 Conclusion -- 12.9 Summary -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Taxonomic Index.
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