Gadagkar, R (1994) A Review of - Behaviour and Social Evolution of Wasps : The Communal Aggregation Hypothesis. YosiakiItô, (Eds.) R.M.May and P.H.Harvey. Oxford University Press, Oxford (1993). In: The Quarterly Review of Biology, 69 (4). pp. 558-559.
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Abstract
Behaviour and social evolution of wasps: the communal aggregation hypothesis. Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution. By Yosiaki Ito; Series Editors: Robert M. May and Paul H. Harvey. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York. $52.00 (hardcover); $24.95 (paper). viii + 159 p.; ill.; author index, index of scientific names, and subject index. ISBN: 0-19-854683-1 (he); 0-19-854046-9 (pb). 1993. Social insects evoke an enduring fascination in humans for several reasons. To the layperson it is their striking similarity to human societies and their remarkable efficiency and organization that have an almost emotional appeal. To evolutionary biologists, even more striking is the altruism so often exhibited by workers in social insect colonies. Understanding the evolution of altruistic workers who, within the framework of natural selection, give up personal reproduction and work to rear the offspring of another individual, has been a fascinating preoccupation. Social wasps, especially the so-called primitively eusocial wasps, are particularly well suited as model systems for this endeavor. Among their many useful characters, perhaps the most important is that many if not all individuals in these species appear to retain the options of"selfish" direct reproduction and "altruistic" helping behavior. A variety of genera and species of these social wasps have been the subjects of intense observational, experimental, and theoretical investigations.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | The Quarterly Review of Biology |
| Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press |
| Additional Information: | Copyright to this article belongs to The University of Chicago Press |
| Keywords: | Book Review, Behavioural Evolution, Social Evolution, Wasps, Aggregation Hypothesis, Ropalidia fasciata, Polistes canadensis, Kin Selection |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2021 05:56 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2021 05:56 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/67758 |
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