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Social evolution in ants / Andrew F.G. Bourke, Nigel R. Franks.

Title
Social evolution in ants / Andrew F.G. Bourke, Nigel R. Franks.
Author
Bourke, Andrew F. G., 1961-
Publication
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1995.

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1995TextRequest in advance QL568.F7 B63 1995 1995Off-site

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Additional Authors
Franks, Nigel R
Series Statement
Monographs in behavior and ecology
Uniform Title
Monographs in behavior and ecology.
Subject
  • Ants > Behavior
  • Social evolution in animals
  • Kin selection (Evolution)
  • Sex ratio
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-509) and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Kin selection -- Levels-of-selection theory, gene selectionism, and insect societies -- Kin selection, haplodiploidy, and the evolution of eusociality in ants -- Sex ratio theory for the social hymenoptera -- Tests of sex ration theory in ants -- Kin conflict over sex allocation -- Kin conflict over reproduction -- Evolution and ecology of multiple-queen societies -- Life history theory in ants -- The diversity of life histories in ants -- Mating biology -- The division of labor.
ISBN
  • 0691044279 (cl)
  • 0691044260 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^95005959^
OCLC
32087436
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library