Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution

, by Edited by TamÃ¡s SzÃ©kely , Allen J. Moore , Jan Komdeur

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ISBN: 9780521709620 | 0521709628
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/13/2010

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A comprehensive analysis of the genetic, ecological and phylogenetic aspects of social behaviour, by experts in the field.

Introduction
Foundations
Nature-nurture interactions
The quantitative genetics of social behaviour
Social behaviour and bird-song from a neural and endocrine perspective
Evolutionary game theory
Recent advances in comparative methods
Social evolution theory: a review of methods and approaches
Themes
Aggression: towards an integration of gene, brain and behaviour
Social influences on communication signals: from honesty to exploitation
Important topics in group living
Sexual behaviour: conflict, cooperation and co-evolution
Pair bonds and parental behaviour
Adaptations and constraints in the evolution of delayed dispersal: implications for cooperation
Social behaviour in microorganisms
Social environments, social tactics and their fitness consequences in complex mammalian societies
Social behaviour in humans
Implications
Personality and individual social specialisation
Molecular and genetic influences on the neural substrate of social cognition in humans
Population density, social behaviour and sex allocation
Social behaviour and speciation
Social behaviour in conservation
Prospects for research in social behaviour: systems biology meets behaviour
Profiles
Undiminished passion
Social evolution, sexual intrigue and serendipity
Mating systems: integrating sexual conflict and ecology
In love with Ropalidia marginata âÇô for 34 years, and still going strong
The Huddler's Dilemma: a cold shoulder or a warm inner glow
Multi-component signals in ant communication
What's wrong with this picture?
From behavioural observations, to genes, to evolution
Reputation can make the world go round âÇô or why we are sometimes social
A haphazard career
In celebration of questions, past, present and future
Mating systems and genetic variation
Selections from a life in social selection
The de novo evolution of cooperation: an unlikely event
Evolutionary genetics and social behaviour
Genes and social behaviour: from gene to genome to 1000 animal genomes
Behavioural ecology, why do I love thee? Let me count the ways
Anonymous (and other) social experience and the evolution of cooperation by reciprocity
Social theory based on natural selection
Look to the ants
The handicap principle and social behaviour
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Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution

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