Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780198577447
Publisert
1997
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
729 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
478
One of the main tenets of evolutionary biology is that organisms behave so as to maximize the number of their genes that will be passed on to future generations. Parents often produce more offspring than they can rear in case special opportunities or calamities occur. This frequently leads to deprivations and even death of some offspring. This book is about the evolutionary diversity, importance, and consequences of such squeezes. The authors, experts in their field, review the theory, field experiments, and natural history of sibling rivalry across a broad sweep of organisms, in a clear and accessible style that should appeal to both academics and natural historians.
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This text reviews the theory, field experiments, and natural history of sibling rivalry across a broad sweep of organisms, looking at the evolutionary diversity, importance, and consequences of the phenomenon.
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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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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780198577447
Publisert
1997
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
729 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
478