The evolution of social wasps / / James H. Hunt

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910963538803321
• Autore: Hunt James H
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• ISBN: 9780198042075; 0198042078
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xxi, 259 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 595.79/8156
• Soggetti: Vespidae - Behavior; Social behavior in animals
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-248) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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 Proteases -- Free Amino Acids -- Fat Body and Storage Protein -- Polyphenism -- Diapause and Quiescence -- 6. Colonies -- Colony Founding and Nest Construction -- Alloparental Offspring -- Supplementation Experiments -- Œcotrophobiosis 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 Hypothesis -- Life 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 -- B -- C -- 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: The Evolution of Social Wasps resolves one of evolutions most intriguing problems - the origin of insect sociality. It also challenges conceptual approaches that have dominated three decades of social behavior research. Hunt's innovative model integrates life history, nutrition, development and ecology. His broad synthesis of empirical knowledge on social wasps should interest evolution biologists, behavioral ecologists, or entomologists alike.