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Behaviour and Social Evolution of Wasps: The Communal Aggregation Hypothesis de Yosiaki Itô

Behaviour and Social Evolution of Wasps: The Communal Aggregation Hypothesis: Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution

Autor Yosiaki Itô
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 feb 1993
Presents data on tropical wasps which suggests that kin-selection has been over-emphasized as an evolutionary explanation of sociality. This book discusses the significance of multi-queen colonies and the evolutionary pathways that may have led to observed social patterns.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780198540465
ISBN-10: 0198540469
Pagini: 168
Ilustrații: halftones, line figures, tables
Dimensiuni: 155 x 233 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Seria Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction; Systematics and sociality of wasps; Theories on the evolution of eusociality; Problems with the kin-selection hypothesis; Comparison of dominance relations and proportion of multi-female nests in the Polistinae; Ropalidia fasciata in Okinawa, Japan; a species with flexible social relations; Social relations in wasp colonies in the wet tropics; Polistine wasps in Panama; Role of miltuple comb construction and perennial nature of nests: Polistine wasps in Australia; Multi-queen societies: swarm-founding wasps in the tropics; Social lives of the other social wasps; Origin of pleometrosis: altruism or mutualism?; Manipulation of progeny by mother groups: an hypothesis for the evolution of multi-queen societies; Kin-selection and multi-queen social systems; Conclusion; References; Index.

Recenzii

'Ito is a wasp enthusiast and this book will be chiefly enjoyed by entomologists. He does not present major new ideas, but the book's strength is the careful experimental account of many years' study of paper wasps, mostly of the species whose biology was previously unknown, and much of it previously published in Japanese journals ... this is a worthwhile book that will materially contribute to a more pluralistic study of the evolution of advanced insect societies.'Times Higher
Yosiaki Ito has been among the most active field researchers on social Vespidae for more than 20 years and has contributed significantly to this evolutionary debate. He is therefore particularly well positioned to write this book ... a very valuable and enjoyable book ... the book is impressive in producing a comprehensive explanation of the evolution of varied vespid social systems
this is a valuable book and one that I would recommend to anyone interested in eusocial insects
This book beautifully illustrates the ability to combine wide-ranging data with thoughtful questions. It offers a basis for further research in this respect, but is also of general interest to all students of ecology, evolution and behaviour.