Natural History and Evolution of Paper-Wasps

, by Turillazzi, Stefano; West-Eberhard, Mary Jane

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ISBN: 9780198549475 | 0198549474
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 2/22/1996

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The diversity of social behaviour among birds and primates is surpassed only by members of the Hymenopteran insects (bees, ants, and wasps). The paper-wasps are a large and varied group, and have been studied extensively by a wide range of biologists interested in the evolution of sociality. This book is unusual in combining synthetic reviews and new, unpublished data with original ideas.

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Polistes: analysis of a society
Phylogeny and biogeography of Polistes
Learning, individual programs, and higher-level rules in construction of behaviour of Polistes
Ecological factors influencing the colony cycle of Polistes
Social parasitism and its evolution in Polistes
Lek-like courtship in paper-wasps 'a prolonged, delicate, and troublesome affair'
Homing in paper wasps
The evolution of exocrine gland function in wasps
Kin recognition in social wasps
The role of cuticular hydrocarbons in social insects: is it the same in paper wasps?
Selective altruism towards closer over more distant relatives in colonies of the primitively eusocial wasp, Polistes
Behavioural screening and the evolution of polygyny in paper wasps
The origin and maintenance of eusociality: the advantage of extended parental care
Polistes in perspective: comparative social biology and evolution in Belanogaster and Stenogastrinae
The evolution of eusociality, including a review of the social status of Ropalidia marignata
Wasps make nests: nests make conditions
Wasp societies as microcosms for the study of development and evolution
Some epistemological reflections on Polistes as a model organisms
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