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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465172803321

Autore

Hunt James H

Titolo

The evolution of social wasps [[electronic resource] /] / James H. Hunt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-16339-2

9786611163396

0-19-804207-8

1-4356-7311-5

0-19-530785-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Disciplina

595.79/8156

Soggetti

Vespidae - Behavior

Social behavior in animals

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-248) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Introduction; I. History; 1. Plant Feeders and Parasitoids; Symphytans; Apocrita; Aculeata; 2. Pollen Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Hover Wasps; Euparagiinae; Masarinae; Eumeninae; Stenogastrinae; 3. Paper Wasps and Vespines; Independent-founding Polistinae; Swarm-founding Polistinae; Vespinae; 4. The Historical Scenario of Social Evolution; Overview; Diphyletic Sociality in Vespidae; Sociality in Stenogastrinae; Sociality in Polistinae (+ Vespinae); A Further Argument for Diphyletic Vespid Sociality; Beyond the Sociality Threshold; II. Dynamics; 5. Individuals

Midgut ProteasesFree Amino Acids; Fat Body and Storage Protein; Polyphenism; Diapause and Quiescence; 6. Colonies; Colony Founding and Nest Construction; Alloparental Offspring; Supplementation Experiments; Å’cotrophobiosis and Diminishment Experiments; Dominance and Cofoundress Interactions; 7. Populations; An Exemplary Solitary Wasp; Polistes; Paper Wasps as Annuals; Usurpation and Inquilinism; Multiple Foundresses; Opportunity for Selection; Stenogastrines, Vespines, and Swarm Founders; 8. The Dynamic Scenario of Social Evolution; The Ovarian Ground Plan Hypothesis



The Reproductive Ground Plan HypothesisLife Cycles in Solitary Wasps; The Diapause Ground Plan Hypothesis; The Dynamic Scenario; Synthesis; Other Social Wasps; Phylogenetic Implications; The Selective Basis of Caste; III. Paradigm Lost-and Found?; 9. Kin Selection; Haplodiploidy; Sex Ratio; Inclusive Fitness; The Future of Kin Selection; 10. Behavioral Ecology; Altruism; Teleology; Labeling; Adaptationism; Asking Why; The Real Difficulty; 11. A Postmodern Synthesis; Phenotypic Plasticity; Colony-level Selection; An Action Plan for Research on Vespidae; Conclusion; References; Author Index; A

BC; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Introduction  Part One - History  1. Plant Feeders and Parasitoids  2. Pollen Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Hover Wasps  3. Paper Wasps and Vespines  4. The Historical Scenario of Social Evolution  Part Two - Dynamics  5. Individuals  6. Colonies  7. Populations  8. The Dynamic Scenario of Social Evolution  Part Three - Paradigm Lost - And Found?  9. Kin Selection  10. Behavioral Ecology  11. A Post-Modern Synthesis  Conclusion  References

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136683703321

Titolo

Journal of empirical generalisations in marketing science : EmpGens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[North Adelaide, S. Aust.], : Marketing Science Centre, University of South Australia, Marketing Oracle, [1996]-

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Marketing

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Title from journal home page (publisher's Web site, viewed Jan. 5, 2004).