[Sociobiology 01] • Sociobiology by Wilson, Edward O. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Copyright Acknowledgements Contents Part I Social Evolution

1 The Morality of the Gene 2 Elementary Concepts of Sociobiology

The Multiplier Effect The Evolutionary Pacemaker and Social Drift The Concept of Adaptive Demography The Kinds and Degrees of Sociality The Concept of Behavioral Scaling The Dualities of Evolutionary Biology Reasoning in Sociobiology

3 The Prime Movers of Social Evolution

Phylogenetic Inertia Ecological Pressure The Reversibility of Social Evolution

4 The Relevant Principles of Population Biology

Microevolution Heritability Polygenes and Linkage Disequilibrium The Maintenance of Genetic Variation Phenodeviants and Genetic Assimilation Inbreeding and Kinship Assortative and Disassortative Mating Population Growth Density Dependence Intercompensation Population Cycles of Mammals Life Tables The Stable Age Distribution Reproductive Value Reproductive Effort The Evolution of Life Histories r and K Selection The Evolution of Gene Flow

5 Group Selection and Altruism

Group Selection Interdemic (Interpopulation) Selection Kin Selection Reciprocal Altruism Altruistic Behavior The Field of Righteousness

Part II Social Mechanisms

6 Group Size, Reproduction, and Time-Energy Budgets

The Determinants of Group Size Adjustable Group Size The Multiplication and Reconstitution of Societies Time-Energy Budgets

7 The Development and Modification of Social Behavior

Tracking the Environment with Evolutionary Change The Hierarchy of Organismic Responses Tracking the Environment with Morphogenetic Change Nongenetic Transmission of Maternal Experience Hormones and Behavior Learning Socialization Play Tradition, Culture, and Invention Tool Using

8 Communication: Basic Principles

Human versus Animal Communication Discrete versus Graded Signals The Principle of Antithesis Signal Specificity Signal Economy The Increase of Information The Measurement of Communication The Pitfalls of Information Analysis Redundancy

9 Communication: Functions and Complex Systems

The Functions of Communication The Higher Classification of Signal Function Complex Systems

10 Communication: Origins and Evolution

The Sensory Channels Evolutionary Competition among Sensory Channels

11 Aggression

Aggression and Competition The Mechanisms of Competition The Limits of Aggression The Proximate Causes of Aggression Human Aggression

12 Social Spacing, Including Territory

Individual Distance A “Typical” Territorial Species The History of the Territory Concept The Multiple Forms of Territory The Theory of Territorial Evolution Special Properties of Territory Territories and Population Regulation Interspecific Territoriality

13 Dominance Systems

History of the Dominance Concept Examples of Dominance Orders Special Properties of Dominance Orders The Advantages of Being Dominant The Compensations of Being Subordinate The Determinants of Dominance Intergroup Dominance Interspecific Dominance Scaling in Aggressive Behavior

14 Roles and Castes

The Adaptive Significance of Roles The Optimization of Caste Systems Roles in Vertebrate Societies Roles in Human Societies

15 Sex and Society

The Meaning of Sex Evolution of the Sex Ratio Sexual Selection The Theory of Parental Investment The Origins of Polygamy The Origins of Monogamy and Pair Bonding Communal Displays Other Ultimate Causes of Sexual Dimorphism

16 Parental Care

The Ecology of Parental Care Parent-Offspring Conflict Parental Care and Social Evolution in the Insects Parental Care and Social Evolution in the Primates Other Animal Ontogenies Alloparental Care Adoption

17 Social Symbioses

Social Commensalism Social Mutualism Parabiosis Mixed Species Groups in Vertebrates Trophic Parasitism Xenobiosis Temporary Social Parasitism in Insects Brood Parasitism in Birds Slavery in Ants Inquilinism in Ants The General Occurrence of Social Parasitism in Insects Breaking the Code

Part III The Social Species

18 The Four Pinnacles of Social Evolution 19 The Colonial Microorganisms and Invertebrates

The Adaptive Basis of Coloniality General Evolutionary Trends in Coloniality Slime Molds ạnd Colonial Bacteria The Coelenterates The Ectoprocts

20 The Social Insects

What Is a Social Insect? The Organization of Insect Societies The Prime Movers of Higher Social Evolution in Insects The Social Wasps The Ants The Social Bees The Termites

21 The Cold-Blooded Vertebrates

Fish Schools The Social Behavior of Frogs The Social Behavior of Reptiles

22 The Birds

The Crotophaginae The Jays

23 Evolutionary Trends within the Mammals

General Patterns The Whiptail Wallaby (Macropus parryi) The Black-tail Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) Dolphins

24 The Ungulates and Elephants

The Ecological Basis of Social Evolution Chevrotains (Tragulidae) The Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) The Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) The African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)

25 The Carnivores

The Black Bear (Ursus americanus) The Coati (Nasua narica) The Lion (Panthera leo) Wolves and Dogs (Canidae)

26 The Nonhuman Primates

The Distinctive Social Traits or Primates The Ecology of Social Behavior in Primates The Lesser Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus) The Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) The Dusky Titi (Callicebus moloch) The White-Handed Gibbon (Hylobates lar) The Mantled Howler (Alouatta villosa) The Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) The Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) The Eastern Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) The Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

27 Man: From Sociobiology to Sociology

Plasticity of Social Organization Barter and Reciprocal Altruism Bonding, Sex, and Division of Labor Role Playing and Polyethism Communication Culture, Ritual, and Religion Ethics Esthetics Territoriality and Tribalism Early Social Evolution Later Social Evolution The Future

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