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

• Autore: Hunt James H
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Disciplina: 595.79/8156
• Soggetto topico: Vespidae - Behavior; Social behavior in animals
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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; 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 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Evolution of social wasps
• ISBN: 1-281-16339-2; 9786611163396; 0-19-804207-8; 1-4356-7311-5; 0-19-530785-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465172803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II