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Ecology of social evolution
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ISBN: 9783540759560 9783540759577 3540759565 Year: 2008 Publisher: New York ; London : Springer,

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Research on the evolution of social behaviour has been dominated by genetic relatedness for a long time; however, both recent empirical studies and theoretical concepts give growing evidence for ecological factors acting as very prominent additional or alternative driving forces in social evolution. Now 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. 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. Answers are given to important questions such as: - Which factors favour group living in social invertebrates and vertebrates? - Are there general differences in the evolutionary forces promoting social life in social insects versus cooperatively breeding vertebrates? - Why are there only so few eusocial vertebrates? - Can relatedness within social groups be a by-product arising from the fact that neighbours are generally kin?

Capitalism's eye : cultural spaces of the commodity.
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ISBN: 9780415933414 9780415933407 9780203940853 9781135953799 9781135953836 9781135953843 Year: 2008 Publisher: New York Routledge


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Environment and society : sustainability, policy and the citizen
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ISBN: 1317142381 1281834076 9786611834074 0754689026 9780754689027 9780754643432 0754643433 9781317142386 9781281834072 6611834079 9781315579986 9781317142379 9781138266728 131714239X 1315579987 Year: 2008 Publisher: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate,

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Environment and Society examines the complex relationships between humans and nature from a new perspective, incorporating recent moves to situate sustainable development within a household and individual context. Through a series of theoretical and practical chapters, it builds a comprehensive account of the complex factors that underlie our everyday attitudes and behaviour towards the natural environment.


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Ecology of Social Evolution
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ISBN: 9783540759560 9783540759577 3540759565 3642095070 3540759573 Year: 2008 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,

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Research on the evolution of social behaviour has been dominated by genetic relatedness for a long time; however, both recent empirical studies and theoretical concepts give growing evidence for ecological factors acting as very prominent additional or alternative driving forces in social evolution. Now 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. 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. Answers are given to important questions such as: - Which factors favour group living in social invertebrates and vertebrates? - Are there general differences in the evolutionary forces promoting social life in social insects versus cooperatively breeding vertebrates? - Why are there only so few eusocial vertebrates? - Can relatedness within social groups be a by-product arising from the fact that neighbours are generally kin?

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