The Social Biology of <i>Ropalidia marginata</i>: Toward Understanding the Evolution of Eusociality

Raghavendra Gadagkar

book: The Social Biology of <i>Ropalidia marginata</i>

Published by Harvard University Press 2001

The Social Biology of Ropalidia marginata

Toward Understanding the Evolution of Eusociality

Raghavendra Gadagkar

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674037458

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In this book, the biologist Raghavendra Gadagkar focuses on the single species he has worked on throughout his career. His years of study have led him to believe that ecological, physiological, and demographic factors can be more important than genetic relatedness in the selection for or against social traits.

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This is a very readable introduction to facts and concepts by a leading authority on social wasps who has a deep understanding of evolutionary principles. Using entertaining anecdotes to illustrate important observations, Gadagkar expertly summarizes the remarkable studies he and his students conducted over a period of more than twenty years. A major accomplishment.
-- Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

This is a wonderful book about a detailed investigation of a single species of social wasp. Raghavendra Gadagkar and his colleagues have carried out a thorough study of Ropalidia marginata Lepeletier and developed ideas about the origins and maintenance of eusociality, currently topics of great interest...I have read [this book] twice from cover to cover completely captivated by the detailed studies on this social wasp. I have no hesitation in strongly recommending this book.
-- M. E. Archer Entomologist's Monthly Magazine

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Part I Introduction
1 A PRIMER OF EUSOCIALITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2 IN PRAISE OF ROPALIDIA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Part II Social Biology
3 SOME METHODOLOGICAL NECESSITIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
4 NATURAL HISTORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
5 BEHAVIORAL CASTE DIFFERENTIATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
6 DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR AND REGULATION OF WORKER ACTIVITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
7 AGE AND DIVISION OF LABOR Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
Part III The Evolution of Eusociality
8 THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
9 GENETIC PREDISPOSITION I: INTRACOLONY GENETIC RELATEDNESS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
10 GENETIC PREDISPOSITION II: KIN AND NESTMATE RECOGNITION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
11 ECOLOGICAL PREDISPOSITION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
12 PHYSIOLOGICAL PREDISPOSITION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
13 DEMOGRAPHIC PREDISPOSITION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
14 SYNTHESIS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
15 FACTORS THAT REMAIN TO BE EXPLORED Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	276
Part IV Beyond Ropalidia marginata: Social Evolution, Forward and Reverse
16 A ROUTE TO SOCIALITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
17 THE EVOLUTION OF CASTE POLYMORPHISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
18 REVERSE SOCIAL EVOLUTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
SUMMARY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
REFERENCES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 382

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Published: July 1, 2009
ISBN: 9780674037458