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Cooperation among animals an evolutionary perspective / Lee Alan Dugatkin.
| Author/creator | Dugatkin, Lee Alan, 1962- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, |
| Description | xvii, 221 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Oxford series in ecology and evolution Oxford series in ecology and evolution. ^A276757 |
| Contents | Historical perspectives on cooperative behavior -- Theoretical perspectives on the evolution of cooperation -- Cooperation in fishes -- Cooperation in birds -- Cooperation in mammals I: nonprimates -- Cooperation in maals II: nonhuman primates -- Cooperation in insects -- To the future. |
| Abstract | Despite the depiction of nature as "red in tooth and claw," cooperation is actually a widespread attribute in the animal kingdom. It's the modern-day evolutionary biologists and behavioral ecologists who are embroiled in debate over why animals cooperate. Various types of cooperative behaviors have been documented in everything from insects to primates, and in every imaginable ecological scenario. Among such behaviors, the four discussed in this book are reciprocal altruism, kinship, group-selected cooperation and byproduct mutualism. Hundreds of studies on cooperation are reviewed in a wide array of taxa. This work includes, but is not limited to, cooperative hunting, anti-predator behavior, foraging, coalition formation, grooming, helpers-at-the-nest, territoriality, "policing" behavior, and group thermoregulation. Future experiments to elucidate a particular type of cooperation are provided throughout the book. Tying together conceptual, theoretical, and empirical work on evolution and cooperation, this book will be of interest to behavioral ecologists, evolutionary biologists, social psychologists, and cultural anthropologists. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-207) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 96018864 |
| ISBN | 019508621X (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780195086218 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0195086228 |
| ISBN | 9780195086225 |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |