Survival Strategies - Cooperation and Conflict in Animal Societies

Only in recent years have biologists and ethologists begun to apply careful evolutionary thinking to the study of animal societies--and with spectacular results. This book presents the choicest of these findings, illustrated with both photographs and explanatory diagrams.

List of contents

Preface What Are Social Animals? Evolution, the Eternal Tinkerer It's in the Genes What Do Social Animals Do to Each Other? The Paradox of Altruism Do Animals Favor Their Relatives? A Primitive Wasp Society Games Animals Play The Fine Balance between Cooperation and Conflict Some Caveats and Conclusions Suggested Readings References Index

About the author

Raghavendra Gadagkar is Professor and Chairman of the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, and Honorary Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore, India.

Summary

Only in recent years have biologists and ethologists begun to apply careful evolutionary thinking to the study of animal societies--and with spectacular results. This book presents the choicest of these findings, illustrated with both photographs and explanatory diagrams.

Product details

• Authors: Raghavendra Gadagkar, Gadagkar Raghavendra
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2001
• EAN: 9780674005570
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00557-0
• Weight: 263 g
• Illustrations: 20 halftones, 18 line illustrations, 3 tables
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Animal behaviour, Ethology and animal behaviour