The Evolution of Sibling Rivalry

出版者:Oxford University Press, USA

作者:Douglas W. Mock

页数:480

出版时间:1998-2-26

价格:USD 85.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780198577447

丛书系列:Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution

图书标签:行为社会行为学生物人类学Evolution

One of the main tenents of evolutionary biology is that organisms behave so as to maximize the number of their genes that will be passed on to future generations. Parents often produce more offspring then they can rear in case special opportunities or calamities occur. This frequently leads to deprivations and even death of some offspring. This book is about the evolutionary diversity, importance, and consequences of such squeezes. It reviews the theories, field experiments, and natural history of sibling rivalry across a broad sweep of organisms.