The Evolution of Mammalian Sociality in an Ecological Perspective

This brief discusses factors associated with group formation, group maintenance, group population structure, and other events and processes (e.g., physiology, behavior) related to mammalian social evolution. Within- and between-lineages, features of prehistoric and extant social mammals, patterns an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jones, Clara B. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:SpringerBriefs in Ecology,
Temas:
Animal migration.
Ecology .
Evolution (Biology).
Applied ecology.
Animal Migration.
Theoretical and Statistical Ecology.
Evolutionary Biology.
Applied Ecology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1.Introduction: Definitions, Background
  • 2. Competition For Limiting Resources, Hamilton's Rule And Chesson's R*
  • 3. Flexible And Derived Varieties of Mammalian Social Organization: Promiscuity In Aggregations May Have Served As A Recent "Toolkit" Giving Rise To "Sexual Segregation", Polygynous Social Structures, Monogamy, Polyandry And Leks Abstract
  • 4. Multimale-Multifemale Groups And "Nested" Architectures: Collaboration Among Mammalian Males
  • 5. Higher "Grades" Of Sociality In Class Mammalia: Primitive Eusociality
  • 6. Ecological Models As Working Paradigms For "Unpacking" Positive And Negative Interactions Among Social Mammals
  • 7. Mechanisms Underlying The Behavioral Ecology Of Group Formation
  • 8. The Evolution Of Mammalian Sociality By Sexual Selection
  • 9. Proximate Causation: Functional Traits And The Ubiquity Of Signaler To Receiver Interactions: From Biochemical To Whole Organism Levels Of Mammalian Social Organization
  • 10. Synopsis.

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