Social Evolution in Ants

Name: Social Evolution in Ants
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Andrew F.G. Bourke Nigel R. Franks(Autor*in)

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Erschienen am 31. Dezember 2019

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Cover
Title
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Content
Preface and Acknowledgments
1 Kin Selection
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Natural Selection as Gene Selection
1.3 The Problem of Altruism
1.4 Kin Selection and Hamilton's Rule
1.5 Inclusive Fitness
1.6 Kin Selection Works at All Gene Frequencies
1.7 Gene Expression in Kin Selection Theory
1.8 The Gene for Altruism and the Interests of the Rest of the Genome
1.9 Parental Manipulation Theory
1.10 Conclusion
1.11 Summary
2 Levels-of-selection Theory, Gene Selectionism, and Insect Societies
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Colony-level, Group, Kin, and Gene Selection
2.3 Two Examples of Colony-level Selection
2.4 Levels-of-selection Theory
2.5 Gene Selectionism, Levels-of-selection Theory, the Evolution of Individuality, and Suppression of Within-unit Conflict
2.6 The Superorganism
2.7 Conclusion
2.8 Summary
3 Kin Selection, Haplodiploidy, and the Evolution of Eusociality in Ants
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Concepts in the Origin and Evolution of Eusociality
3.3 The Origin of Eusociality in Ants
3.4 The Epigenetic Theory of Insect Sociality
3.5 The Haplodiploidy Hypothesis
3.6 A Critique of the Haplodiploidy Hypothesis (I)
3.7 A Critique of the Haplodiploidy Hypothesis (II)
3.8 Factors Promoting Worker Evolution via Relatedness and Sex Ratio Effects in Haplodiploid Populations
3.9 Factors Promoting Worker Evolution in Diploid and Haplodiploid Populations
3.10 Conclusion
3.11 Summary
4 Sex Ratio Theory for the Social Hymenoptera
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Fisher's Sex Ratio Theory
4.3 Sex Ratios in Social Haplodiploids: Basic Theory
4.4 Sex Ratios in Slave-making Ants
4.5 Sex Ratios under Multiple Mating
4.6 Sex Ratios under Worker Reproduction
4.7 Sex Ratios under Polygyny
4.8 Sex Ratios when there is Colony Fission, Colony Budding, or Polydomy
4.9 Sex Ratio with Local Mate Competition
4.10 Sex Ratio with Local Resource Competition and Local Resource Enhancement
4.11 Conclusion
4.12 Summary
5 Tests of Sex Ratio Theory in Ants
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Tests of the Trivers-Hare Model for Monogynous Species
5.3 Sex Ratio Data in Slave-making Ants
5.4 Sex Ratio Data in Multiply Mating Species
5.5 Sex Ratio Data in Species with Worker Reproduction
5.6 Sex Ratio Data in Polygynous Species
5.7 Sex Ratio Data in Species with Colony Fission, Colony Budding, or Polydomy
5.8 Sex Ratio Data in Species with Local Mate Competition
5.9 Sex Ratio Data in Species with Local Resource Competition
5.10 Conclusion
5.11 Summary
6 Kin Conflict over Sex Allocation
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Why do Colonies Vary in their Sex Ratios?
6.3 Do Queens and Workers Share Control of Sex Allocation?
6.4 What are the Mechanisms for Controlling Sex Allocation?
6.5 What Tactics could Queens and Workers use in the Sex Ratio Conflict?
6.6 What Factors Affect the Outcome of Queen-Worker Sex Ratio Conflict?
6.7 Conclusion
6.8 Summary
7 Kin Conflict over Reproduction
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Basic Theory of Kin Conflict
7.3 Factors Affecting Kin Conflict in Social Hymenoptera
7.4 Kin Conflict over Male Production
7.5 Kin Conflict in Multiple-queen Societies
7.6 Other Kinds of Kin Conflict in Ants
7.7 Conclusion
7.8 Summary
8 Evolution and Ecology of Multiple-queen Societies
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Types of Polygynous Society and their Features
8.3 Evolution of Foundress Associations
8.4 Evolution of Multicolonial, Secondary Polygyny
8.5 Evolution of Unicolonial Polygyny
8.6 Evolution of Functional Monogyny, Queen Aggression, and a Stable Reproductive Skew
8.7 Conclusion
8.8 Summary
9 Life History Theory in Ants
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Life History Theory in General and in Social Insects
9.3 The Evolution of a Perennial Life Cycle in Ants
9.4 Dispersal in Stable Habitats
9.5 Trade-offs, Propagule Size, and Modes of Colony Foundation
9.6 Modular Growth
9.7 Reaction Norms
9.8 Lineage-specific Effects and the Concept of rand K Selection
9.9 Special Issues in Social Insect Life History Evolution
9.10 Conclusion
9.11 Summary
10 The Diversity of Life Histories in Ants
10.1 Introduction
10.2 The Imported Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta
10.3 The Red Ants, Myrmica
10.4 The Leptothoracines
10.5 The Wood Ants, Formica
10.6 The Argentine Ant, Linepithema humile
10.7 The Obligately Thelytokous Ant Pristomyrmex pungens
10.8 The Army Ants, Eciton
10.9 Conclusion
10.10 Summary
11 Mating Biology
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Sexual Selection and Ant Sexual Behavior
11.3 Sperm Use and Sperm Competition in Ants
11.4 The Evolution of Multiple Mating in Ant Queens
11.5 The Location of Mating: Causes and Consequences
11.6 Conclusion
11.7 Summary
12 The Division of Labor
12.1 Introduction
12.2 The General Significance of a Division of Labor
12.3 Temporal Polyethism and a Confusion of Cause and Effect
12.4 An Algorithmic Approach to the Division of Labor
12.5 The Division of Labor: Empirical Studies
12.6 New Approaches: Spatial Patterns and the Division of Labor
12.7 Ant Colonies, Adaptive Redundancy, Complexity, and Organizations
12.8 Conclusion
12.9 Summary
References
Author Index
Subject Index
Taxonomic Index

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