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Caste and Ecology in the Social Insects. (MPB-12), Volume 12
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Caste and Ecology in the Social Insects. (MPB-12), Volume 12
Contributors:
By (Author) George F. Oster
By (author) Edward O. Wilson
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
2nd April 1979
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Professional and Scholarly
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Zoology and animal sciences
Dewey:
595.7045
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
372
Dimensions:
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
Weight:
454g
Description
In this pathbreaking and far-reaching work George Oster and Edward Wilson provide the first fully developed theory of caste evolution among the social insects. Furthermore, in studying the effects of natural selection in generally increasing the insects' ergonomic efficiency, they go beyond the concentration of previous researchers on the physiolog
