The Evolution of Sibling Rivalry
Published on 27. November 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
478 pages
978-0-19-857744-7 (ISBN)
Description
One of the main tenets of evolutionary biology is that organisms behave so as to maximize the number of their genes that will be passed on to future generations. Parents often produce more offspring than they can rear in case special opportunities or calamities occur. This frequently leads to deprivations and even death of some offspring. This book is about the evolutionary diversity, importance, and consequences of such squeezes. The authors, experts in their field, review the theory, field experiments, and natural history of sibling rivalry across a broad sweep of organisms, in a clear and accessible style that should appeal to both academics and natural historians.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
halftones, numerous line drawings, tables
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
729 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-857744-7 (9780198577447)
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Content
Preface ; 1. General Introduction ; 2. Theory I: Hamilton's Rule and the Evolutionary Limits of Selfishness ; 3. Theory II: Phenotypic Models of Sublethal sibling Competition ; 4. Theory III: Fatal Sibling Competition ; 5. An Introduction to Sibling Rivalry in Birds ; 6. Supply, Demand, and Defendability ; 7. Parent-Offspring Conflict I: The Battleground ; 8. Conflict Resolutions I: Begging Scrambles ; 9. Conflict Resolutions II: begging as an Hones Signal ; 10. Conflict Resolutions III: Clutch Size and Sexual Conflicts ; 11. Tests of Parents-Offspring Conflict Vs. Collaboration ; 12. Sibling Rivalry in Birds ; 13. Sibling Rivalry in Mammals ; 14. Sibling Rivalry in Vertberate Ecthotherms ; 15. Sibling Rivalry in Invertebrates ; 16. Sibling Rivalry in Plants ; 17. Epilogue ; Literature Cited