PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. Part I Introduction
5. 1 A PRIMER OF EUSOCIALITY 3
6. 2 IN PRAISE OF ROPALIDIA 27
7. Part II Social Biology
8. 3 SOME METHODOLOGICAL NECESSITIES 35
9. 4 NATURAL HISTORY 52
10. 5 BEHAVIORAL CASTE DIFFERENTIATION 75
11. 6 DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR AND REGULATION OF WORKER ACTIVITY 98
12. 7 AGE AND DIVISION OF LABOR 128
13. Part III The Evolution of Eusociality
14. 8 THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 151
15. 9 GENETIC PREDISPOSITION I: INTRACOLONY GENETIC RELATEDNESS 159
16. 10 GENETIC PREDISPOSITION II: KIN AND NESTMATE RECOGNITION 180
17. 11 ECOLOGICAL PREDISPOSITION 216
18. 12 PHYSIOLOGICAL PREDISPOSITION 234
19. 13 DEMOGRAPHIC PREDISPOSITION 248
20. 14 SYNTHESIS 267
21. 15 FACTORS THAT REMAIN TO BE EXPLORED 276
22. Part IV Beyond Ropalidia marginata: Social Evolution, Forward and Reverse
23. 16 A ROUTE TO SOCIALITY 293
24. 17 THE EVOLUTION OF CASTE POLYMORPHISM 299
25. 18 REVERSE SOCIAL EVOLUTION 313
26. SUMMARY 321
27. REFERENCES 329
28. INDEX 361