- 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
- 13. Demographic 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
The Social Biology of Ropalidia marginata
Toward Understanding the Evolution of Eusociality
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$100.00 • £86.95 • €90.95
ISBN 9780674006119
Publication Date: 11/30/2001
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