
Evolutionary Ecology of Social and Sexual Systems
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- Intro
- Contents
- Contributors
- Part I. Conceptual Background and Context
- 1. The Behavioral Ecology of Crustaceans: A Primer in Taxonomy, Morphology, and Biology
- 2. The Evolution of Crustacean Mating Systems
- 3. Molecular Approaches in Crustacean Evolutionary Ecology
- Part II. Communication
- 4. The Neural Basis of Communication in Crustaceans
- 5. Agonistic Behavior in Freshwater Crayfish: The Influence of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors on Aggressive Encounters and Dominance
- 6. Chemical Communication and Social Behavior of the Lobster Homarus americanus and Other Decapod Crustacea
- Part III. Mating and Courtship
- 7. Ecology and Evolution of Mating Behavior in Freshwater Amphipods
- 8. Mating Strategies in Isopods: From Mate Monopolization to Conflicts
- 9. Sperm Demand and Allocation in Decapod Crustaceans
- 10. Predation and the Reproductive Behavior of Fiddler Crabs (Genus Uca)
- 11. Hermaphroditism in Caridean Shrimps: Mating Systems, Sociobiology, and Evolution, with Special Reference to Lysmata
- 12. The Mating System of Symbiotic Crustaceans: A Conceptual Model Based on Optimality and Ecological Constraints
- Part IV. Social Systems
- 13. Comparative Sociobiology of Spiny Lobsters
- 14. Social Behavior of Parent-Offspring Groups in Crustaceans
- 15. Behavioral Ecology of Semiterrestrial Crayfish
- 16. Sociobiology of Terrestrial Isopods
- 17. The Social Breeding System of the Jamaican Bromeliad Crab, Metopaulias Depressus
- 18. Ecology and Evolution of Eusociality in Sponge-Dwelling Shrimp
- Part V. Synthesis
- 19. Anthropogenic Stressors and Their Effects on the Behavior of Aquatic Crustaceans
- 20. Comparative Evolutionary Ecology of Social and Sexual Systems:Water-Breathing Insects Come of Age
- 21. Sexual and Social Behavior of Crustacea: A Way Forward
- Index
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