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Caste and Ecology in the Social Insects

Af: Edward O. Wilson, George F. Oster Engelsk Paperback

Caste and Ecology in the Social Insects

Af: Edward O. Wilson, George F. Oster Engelsk Paperback
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In this pathbreaking and far-reaching work George Oster and Edward Wilson provide the first fully developed theory of caste evolution among the social insects. Furthermore, in studying the effects of natural selection in generally increasing the insects'' ergonomic efficiency, they go beyond the concentration of previous researchers on the physiological mechanisms of the insects and turn our attention instead to the scale and efficiency of the insects'' division of labor.



Recognizing that the efficiency of the insect colony is based on a complex fitting of the division of labor to many simultaneous needs, including those imposed by the distribution of resources and enemies around the nest, Professors Oster and Wilson are able to construct a series of mathematical models to characterize the agents of natural selection that promote particular caste systems.



The social insects play a key role in the subject of sociobiology because their social organization is so rigid and can be related to genetic evolution. Because of this important consideration, the authors'' work has consequences not only for entomology but also for general evolutionary theory.

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In this pathbreaking and far-reaching work George Oster and Edward Wilson provide the first fully developed theory of caste evolution among the social insects. Furthermore, in studying the effects of natural selection in generally increasing the insects'' ergonomic efficiency, they go beyond the concentration of previous researchers on the physiological mechanisms of the insects and turn our attention instead to the scale and efficiency of the insects'' division of labor.



Recognizing that the efficiency of the insect colony is based on a complex fitting of the division of labor to many simultaneous needs, including those imposed by the distribution of resources and enemies around the nest, Professors Oster and Wilson are able to construct a series of mathematical models to characterize the agents of natural selection that promote particular caste systems.



The social insects play a key role in the subject of sociobiology because their social organization is so rigid and can be related to genetic evolution. Because of this important consideration, the authors'' work has consequences not only for entomology but also for general evolutionary theory.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 372
ISBN-13: 9780691023618
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0691023611
Kategori: Zoologi
Udg. Dato: 21 jan 1979
Længde: 28mm
Bredde: 216mm
Højde: 138mm
Forlag: Princeton University Press
Oplagsdato: 21 jan 1979
Forfatter(e): Edward O. Wilson, George F. Oster
Forfatter(e) Edward O. Wilson, George F. Oster

Kategori Zoologi

ISBN-13 9780691023618

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 372

Udgave

Længde 28mm

Bredde 216mm

Højde 138mm

Udg. Dato 21 jan 1979

Oplagsdato 21 jan 1979

Forlag Princeton University Press

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