Survival Strategies

Cooperation and Conflict in Animal Societies

Raghavendra Gadagkar

    Preface

    What Are Social Animals?

    Evolution, the Eternal Tinkerer

    It's in the Genes

    What Do Social Animals Do to Each Other?

    The Paradox of Altruism

    Do Animals Favor Their Relatives?

    A Primitive Wasp Society

    Games Animals Play

    The Fine Balance between Cooperation and Conflict

    Some Caveats and Conclusions

    Suggested Readings

    References

    Index

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