Caste and Ecology in the Social Insects. (MPB-12), Volume 12 /
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
1978.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Why is caste important?
- Colony life cycles
- Genetic preconditions for castle evolution
- Biological characteristics of caste systems
- Caste structure and ergonomic optimization
- Optimum caste ratios
- Caste in the service of foraging strategy
- Critique of optimization theory in evolutionary biology
- Unsolved problems.


