The Evolution Of Sibling Rivalry (Oxford Series In Ecology And Evolution) - Brossura

Mock, Douglas W.

 
9780198577447: The Evolution Of Sibling Rivalry (Oxford Series In Ecology And Evolution)
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ISBN 10: 0198577443 ISBN 13: 9780198577447
Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1998

Sinossi

One of the main tenets of evolutionary biology is that organisms behave so as to maximize the number of genes that will be passed on to future generations. This leads to one of two effects: parental attention and altruistic behavior; or parents producing more offspring than they will likely raise. The latter instance further leads to acute competitions, frequently leading to deprivations and even death. This book details the theory, field experiments, and natural history of sibling rivalry across a broad sweep of animals and plants. The variety of information will appeal to both academics and a broad natural history readership. In fact, most readers will relate, having all been children and most siblings or parents.

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L'autore

Douglas Mock is at Univerisity of Oklahoma. Geoffrey Parker is at University of Liverpool.

Contenuti

  • Preface
  • 1: General Introduction
  • 2: Theory I: Hamilton's Rule and the Evolutionary Limits of Selfishness
  • 3: Theory II: Phenotypic Models of Sublethal sibling Competition
  • 4: Theory III: Fatal Sibling Competition
  • 5: An Introduction to Sibling Rivalry in Birds
  • 6: Supply, Demand, and Defendability
  • 7: Parent-Offspring Conflict I: The Battleground
  • 8: Conflict Resolutions I: Begging Scrambles
  • 9: Conflict Resolutions II: begging as an Hones Signal
  • 10: Conflict Resolutions III: Clutch Size and Sexual Conflicts
  • 11: Tests of Parents-Offspring Conflict Vs. Collaboration
  • 12: Sibling Rivalry in Birds
  • 13: Sibling Rivalry in Mammals
  • 14: Sibling Rivalry in Vertberate Ecthotherms
  • 15: Sibling Rivalry in Invertebrates
  • 16: Sibling Rivalry in Plants
  • 17: Epilogue
  • Literature Cited

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Editore
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Data di pubblicazione
1998
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0198577443
ISBN 13 
9780198577447
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
480
Contatto del produttore
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9780198577430: The Evolution of Sibling Rivalry

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ISBN 10:  0198577435 ISBN 13:  9780198577430
Casa editrice: Oxford Univ Pr, 1997
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