Social Behavior In Insects And Arachnids
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Author | : Jae C. Choe |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Arachnida |
ISBN | : 9780521589772 |
'Social' insects and arachnids exhibit complex forms of behavior that involve cooperation in building a nest, defending against attackers or rearing offspring. This book is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to sociality and its evolution in a wide range of taxa.
Author | : Jae C. Choe |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997-03-27 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521589772 |
Social insects and arachnids exhibit forms of complex behavior that involve cooperation in building a nest, defending against attackers or rearing offspring. This book is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to sociality and its evolution in a wide range of taxa. In it, leading researchers review the extent of sociality in different insect and arachnid groups, analyze the genetic, ecological and demographic causes of sociality from a comparative perspective, and suggest ways in which the field can be better understood. The book contains fascinating accounts of the social lives of many different insects and arachnids, as well as tests of current theories of the evolution of social behavior. The Evolution of Social Behaviour in Insects and Arachnids provides essential reading and insight for students and researchers interested in social behavior, behavioral ecology, entomology, and arachnology.
Author | : Jae C. Choe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 541 |
Release | : 1997 |
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Author | : James T. Costa |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 824 |
Release | : 2006-09-30 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780674021631 |
In his exploration of insect societies that don't fit the eusocial schema, James T. Costa gives these interesting phenomena their due. He synthesizes the scattered literature about social phenomena across the arthropod phylum: beetles and bugs, caterpillars and cockroaches, mantids and membracids, sawflies and spiders.
Author | : Jae C. Choe |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 1997-06-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521580298 |
Insects and arachnids display the most impressive diversity of mating and social behavior among all animals. This book investigates sexual competition in these groups, and the variety of ways in which males and females pursue, persuade, manipulate, control and help one another, enabling us to gain a better understanding of how conflicts and confluences of interest evolve together. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of mating systems in particular insect and arachnid groups, discusses intrinsic and extrinsic factors responsible for observed mating strategies, and suggests fruitful avenues for further research. The book culminates in a synthesis, reviewing the data in terms of the theory of sexual conflict. This broad-based book will be of immense value to students and researchers interested in reproductive strategies, behavioral ecology, entomology and arachnology.
Author | : Dustin R. Rubenstein |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 479 |
Release | : 2017-03-24 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1108132634 |
Darwin famously described special difficulties in explaining social evolution in insects. More than a century later, the evolution of sociality - defined broadly as cooperative group living - remains one of the most intriguing problems in biology. Providing a unique perspective on the study of social evolution, this volume synthesizes the features of animal social life across the principle taxonomic groups in which sociality has evolved. The chapters explore sociality in a range of species, from ants to primates, highlighting key natural and life history data and providing a comparative view across animal societies. In establishing a single framework for a common, trait-based approach towards social synthesis, this volume will enable graduate students and investigators new to the field to systematically compare taxonomic groups and reinvigorate comparative approaches to studying animal social evolution.
Author | : Jae C. Choe |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 1997-06-12 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 0521580293 |
Insects and arachnids display the most impressive diversity of mating and social behaviour among all animals. This book investigates sexual competition in these groups, and the variety of ways in which males and females pursue, persuade, manipulate, control and help one another, enabling us to gain a better understanding of how conflicts and confluences of interest evolve together. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of mating systems in particular insect and arachnid groups, discusses intrinsic and extrinsic factors responsible for observed mating strategies, and suggests fruitful avenues for further research. The book culminates in a synthesis, reviewing the date in terms of the theory of sexual conflict. This broad-based book will be of immense value to students and researchers interested in reproductive strategies, behavioural ecology, entomology and arachnology.
Author | : Marie Elisabeth Herberstein |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2011-01-27 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1139494783 |
Spiders are often underestimated as suitable behavioural models because of the general belief that due to their small brains their behaviour is innate and mostly invariable. Challenging this assumption, this fascinating book shows that rather than having a limited behavioural repertoire, spiders show surprising cognitive abilities, changing their behaviour to suit their situational needs. The team of authors unravels the considerable intra-specific as well as intra-individual variability and plasticity in different behaviours ranging from foraging and web building to communication and courtship. An introductory chapter on spider biology, systematics and evolution provides the reader with the necessary background information to understand the discussed behaviours and helps to place them into an evolutionary context. Highlighting an under-explored area of behaviour, this book will provide new ideas for behavioural researchers and students unfamiliar with spiders as well as a valuable resource for those already working in this intriguing field.
Author | : Henry R. Hermann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 518 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
The enemies and defense mechanisms of termites; Defensive mechanisms in the social hymenoptera; Presocial insects; Sociality in the arachnida; Systematics of social hymenoptera.
Author | : Christopher K. Starr |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2021-01-10 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9783030281014 |
A comprehensive, multi-author treatise on the social insects of the world, with some auxiliary attention to such adjacent topics as subsocial insects and social arachnids. The work is to serve as a very convenient, yet authoritative reference work on the biology and systematics of social insects of the world. This is a project of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI), the worldwide organizing body for the scientific study of social insects.