Ecology of Social Evolution

Authors: Judith Korb, Juergen Heinze Publisher: Springer Edition: 1 Publish Year: 2008 ISBN: 9783540759560 The time is ripe to investigate similarities and differences in the course of social evolution in different animals. This book brings together renowned researchers working on sociality in different animals to deal with the key questions of sociobiology. For the first time, they compile the evidence for the importance of ecological factors in the evolution of social life, ranging from invertebrate to vertebrate social systems, and evaluate its importance versus that of relatedness.