Overview

One of the main tenets 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 than 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. The authors, experts in their field, review the theory, field experiments, and natural history of sibling rivalry across a broad sweep of organisms, in a clear and accessible style that should appeal to both academics and natural historians.

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Author:   Douglas W. Mock (Professor, Department of Zoology, Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma) ,  Geoffrey A. Parker (Professor, Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Professor, Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Liverpool)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.729kg
ISBN:  

9780198577447

ISBN 10:   0198577443
Pages:   478
Publication Date:   27 November 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

Preface 1: General Introduction 2: Theory I: Hamilton's Rule and the Evolutionary Limits of Selfishness 3: Theory II: Phenotypic Models of Sublethal sibling Competition 4: Theory III: Fatal Sibling Competition 5: An Introduction to Sibling Rivalry in Birds 6: Supply, Demand, and Defendability 7: Parent-Offspring Conflict I: The Battleground 8: Conflict Resolutions I: Begging Scrambles 9: Conflict Resolutions II: begging as an Hones Signal 10: Conflict Resolutions III: Clutch Size and Sexual Conflicts 11: Tests of Parents-Offspring Conflict Vs. Collaboration 12: Sibling Rivalry in Birds 13: Sibling Rivalry in Mammals 14: Sibling Rivalry in Vertberate Ecthotherms 15: Sibling Rivalry in Invertebrates 16: Sibling Rivalry in Plants 17: Epilogue Literature Cited

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