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Caste and Ecology in the Social Insects
Engelsk
Bogcover for Caste and Ecology in the Social Insects af Edward O. Wilson, George F. Oster, 9780691023618
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
372
ISBN-13:
9780691023618
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0691023611
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Udg. Dato:
21 jan 1979
Størrelse i cm:
13,8 x 21,6 x 2,8
Oplagsdato:
21 jan 1979
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Caste and Ecology in the Social Insects

Engelsk
Paperback 1979
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Bog beskrivelse

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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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
372
ISBN-13:
9780691023618
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0691023611
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
21 jan 1979
Størrelse i cm:
13,8 x 21,6 x 2,8
Oplagsdato:
21 jan 1979
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