Ecological Aspects of Social Evolution
Birds and Mammals
1st Edition
Published on 14. July 2014
564 pages
978-1-4008-5814-9 (ISBN)
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Seeking common principles of social evolution in different taxonomic groups, the contributors to this volume discuss eighteen groups of birds and mammals for which long-term field studies have been carried out. They examine how social organization is shaped by the interaction between proximate ecological pressures and culture"--the social traditions already in place and shaped by local and phylogenetic history.
Originally published in 1987.
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Originally published in 1987.
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Edited by Daniel I. Rubenstein & Richard W. Wrangham
Content
FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
Preface, pg. vii
Contributors, pg. ix
1. Socioecology: Origins and Trends, pg. 1
2. Polyandry in Spotted Sandpipers: The Impact of Environment and Experience, pg. 21
3. Reproductive Strategies of Male and Female Moorhens (Gallinula chloropus), pg. 43
4. Ecology of Cooperation in Canids, pg. 64
5. Sexual Asymmetries in the Life History of the Florida Scrub Jay, pg. 87
6. Hornbill Social Dispersion: Variations on a Monogamous Theme, pg. 108
7. Ecology and Social Evolution in the Mongooses, pg. 131
8. Ecological Factors Influencing the Social Systems of Migratory Dabbling Ducks, pg. 153
9. The Evolution of Social Behavior and Mating Systems in the Blackbirds (Icterinae), pg. 175
10. Ecological and Social Determinants of Cercopithecine Mating Patterns, pg. 201
11. Resource Distribution, Social Competition, and Mating Patterns in Human Societies, pg. 217
12. The Evolution of Mating Strategies in Male Antelopes, pg. 244
13. Ecology and Sociality in Horses and Zebras, pg. 282
14. Marmot Polygyny Revisited: Determinants of Male and Female Reproductive Strategies, pg. 303
15. The Social Ecology of Gelada Baboons, pg. 332
16. Ecology and Social Relationships in Two Species of Chimpanzee, pg. 352
17. Male and Female Mating Strategies on Sage Grouse Leks, pg. 379
18. Grouping, Associations, and Reproductive Strategies in Eastern Grey Kangaroos, pg. 399
19. The Ecology of Sociality in Felids, pg. 429
20. Social Evolution in Birds and Mammals, pg. 452
Acknowledgments, pg. 471
Literature Cited, pg. 475
Author Index, pg. 529
Contents, pg. v
Preface, pg. vii
Contributors, pg. ix
1. Socioecology: Origins and Trends, pg. 1
2. Polyandry in Spotted Sandpipers: The Impact of Environment and Experience, pg. 21
3. Reproductive Strategies of Male and Female Moorhens (Gallinula chloropus), pg. 43
4. Ecology of Cooperation in Canids, pg. 64
5. Sexual Asymmetries in the Life History of the Florida Scrub Jay, pg. 87
6. Hornbill Social Dispersion: Variations on a Monogamous Theme, pg. 108
7. Ecology and Social Evolution in the Mongooses, pg. 131
8. Ecological Factors Influencing the Social Systems of Migratory Dabbling Ducks, pg. 153
9. The Evolution of Social Behavior and Mating Systems in the Blackbirds (Icterinae), pg. 175
10. Ecological and Social Determinants of Cercopithecine Mating Patterns, pg. 201
11. Resource Distribution, Social Competition, and Mating Patterns in Human Societies, pg. 217
12. The Evolution of Mating Strategies in Male Antelopes, pg. 244
13. Ecology and Sociality in Horses and Zebras, pg. 282
14. Marmot Polygyny Revisited: Determinants of Male and Female Reproductive Strategies, pg. 303
15. The Social Ecology of Gelada Baboons, pg. 332
16. Ecology and Social Relationships in Two Species of Chimpanzee, pg. 352
17. Male and Female Mating Strategies on Sage Grouse Leks, pg. 379
18. Grouping, Associations, and Reproductive Strategies in Eastern Grey Kangaroos, pg. 399
19. The Ecology of Sociality in Felids, pg. 429
20. Social Evolution in Birds and Mammals, pg. 452
Acknowledgments, pg. 471
Literature Cited, pg. 475
Author Index, pg. 529
