E-Book, Englisch, Band 36, 214 Seiten
Reihe: Monographs in Behavior and EcologyPrinceton Legacy Library
Seeley Honeybee Ecology
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-5787-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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A Study of Adaptation in Social Life
E-Book, Englisch, Band 36, 214 Seiten
Reihe: Monographs in Behavior and EcologyPrinceton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5787-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
From the acclaimed author of Honeybee Democracy, a classic account of the ecological factors that shape the social lives of honeybees
For many years, research on honeybee social life dealt primarily with the physiological processes underlying the social system of the bee rather than the ecological factors that have shaped its societies. Thomas Seeley’s landmark book unites the two approaches, emphasizing ecological studies of honeybee social behavior while also offering fresh perspectives on honeybee behavior and communication. It covers a broad range of topics, from adaptiveness of worker sterility and the economics of nest construction to information-center foraging, individual versus colony level selection, sex ratio evolution, colonial thermoregulation, evolution of colony defense, and adaptive radiation in colony design. Honeybee Ecology presents honeybees as a model system for investigating advanced social life among insects from an evolutionary perspective.
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FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
Acknowledgments, pg. ix
1. Introduction, pg. 3
2. Honeybees in Nature, pg. 9
3. The Honeybee Societies, pg. 20
4. The Annual Cycle of Colonies, pg. 39
5. Reproduction, pg. 49
6. Nest Building, pg. 71
7. Food Collection, pg. 80
8. Temperature Control, pg. 107
9. Colony Defense, pg. 123
10. Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Honeybees, pg. 138
Literature Cited, pg. 161
Author Index, pg. 193
Subject Index, pg. 197
