Caste and Ecology in the Social Insects
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A01=Edward O. Wilson
A01=George F. Oster
Adaptive strategies
Ant
Ant colony
Aphid
Argentine ant
Army ant
Author_Edward O. Wilson
Author_George F. Oster
Behavioral ecology
Brood (honey bee)
Carpenter ant
Category=PSV
Category=PSVA2
Diagram (category theory)
Ecological niche
Ecological release
Ecology
Economic power
Economic problem
Entomology
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eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_science
Eusociality
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Evolutionary ecology
Fire ant
Fitness (biology)
Fitness function
Foraging
Genetic variability
Group selection
Growth curve (biology)
Growth curve (statistics)
Haplodiploidy
Harvester ant
Honey bee
Human factors and ergonomics
Hymenoptera
Inbreeding
Inclusive fitness
Insect
Instar
Inventory theory
Kin selection
Larva
Leafcutter ant
Lifestyle (sociology)
Mastotermes darwiniensis
Mathematical optimization
Mendelian inheritance
Myrmecia (ant)
Natural selection
Nuptial flight
Oviparity
Paper wasp
Pharaoh ant
Population cycle
Population genetics
Predation
Probability
Reproduction
Reproductive success
Reproductive system
Scale insect
Sex ratio
Social evolution
Sociobiology
Solenopsis molesta
Species complex
Superiority (short story)
Swarming (honey bee)
Termite
Trophic egg
Wasp
Western honey bee
Product details
- ISBN 9780691023618
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 21 Jan 1979
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this pathbreaking and far-reaching work George Oster and Edward Wilson provide the first fully developed theory of caste evolution among the social insects. Furthermore, in studying the effects of natural selection in generally increasing the insects' ergonomic efficiency, they go beyond the concentration of previous researchers on the physiological mechanisms of the insects and turn our attention instead to the scale and efficiency of the insects' division of labor. Recognizing that the efficiency of the insect colony is based on a complex fitting of the division of labor to many simultaneous needs, including those imposed by the distribution of resources and enemies around the nest, Professors Oster and Wilson are able to construct a series of mathematical models to characterize the agents of natural selection that promote particular caste systems. The social insects play a key role in the subject of sociobiology because their social organization is so rigid and can be related to genetic evolution. Because of this important consideration, the authors' work has consequences not only for entomology but also for general evolutionary theory.
