{"product_id":"behaviour-and-social-evolution-of-yosiaki-itzc-9780198540465","title":"Behaviour and Social Evolution of Wasps: The Communal Aggregation Hypothesis","description":"In this book, Itô presents data on tropical wasps which suggest that kin-selection has been overemphasized as an evolutionary explanation of sociality. He concentrates on the Vespidae (paper wasps and hornets), a group much discussed by evolutionary biologists because it exhibits all stages of social evolution: subsociality, primitive eusociality, and advanced eusociality. The author reports field observations by himself and others in Central America, Asia, and Australia, showing that multiple egg-layers in a nest are not uncommon. Because coexistence of many 'queens' leads to lower relatedness among colony members than in single-queen colonies, he suggests that kin-selection may not be the most powerful force determining observed social patterns. Instead, subsocial wasps may first have aggregated for defense purposes in habitats with a high risk of predation, with mutualistic associations among many queens. Through parental manipulation and then kin selection, differentiation into within-generation castes may have followed. Of interest to all students of ecology, evolution, and behavior, this book beautifully demonstrates the author's ability to combine wide-ranging data with thoughtful questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yosiaki Itô\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198540469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198540465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.10w x 0.69d","brand":"Yosiaki Itô","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47419016315135,"sku":"9780198540465","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2f22ced-6181-482a-9336-ed153842866e.jpg?v=1761508924","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/behaviour-and-social-evolution-of-yosiaki-itzc-9780198540465","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}