Sociobiology

by Wilson, Edward O.

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Title Statements

Full title :Sociobiology / Edward O. Wilson ; drawings by Sarah Landry.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1980
Edition:Abridged edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1980

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 366 pages : : illustrations ; : 29 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0674816234, 9780674816237, 0674816242, 9780674816244
oclc:ocm05196821
LC Classification:QL775
Dewey Decimal:591.5

The morality of the gene -- Elementary concepts of sociobiology -- The prime movers of social evolution -- The relevant principles of population biology -- Group selection and altruism -- Group size and reproduction -- The development and modification of social behavior -- Communication: basic principles -- Communication: functions and complex systems -- Communication: origins and evolution -- Aggression -- Social spacing, including territory -- Dominance systems -- Roles and castes -- Sex and society -- Parental care -- The four pinnacles of social evolution -- The colonial invertebrates -- The social insects -- The cold-blooded vertebrates -- The birds -- Evolutionary trends within the mammals -- The ungulates and elephants -- The carnivores -- The nonhuman primates -- Man: from sociobiology to sociology -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Subjects

animal -- communication Animal Communication [MESH] Biologie biology Biology [MESH] Communication animale Comportement social chez les animaux Etologia Social Behavior Social Behavior [MESH] Social behavior in animals Sociobiologie Sociobiology Sociologie Sociology Sociology [MESH] Soziobiologie