The Evolution of Sibling Rivalry (Oxford Series in Ecology & Evolution) - Hardcover

Mock, Douglas W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198577435 ISBN 13: 9780198577430

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1997

Synopsis

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 an accessible style that should appeal to both academics and natural historians. This book is intended for graduate students and researchers in evolutionary biology, animal behaviour, ecology, population biology, and in philosophy or social sciences as well as for ornithologists and natural historians.

About this title

About the Author

Douglas Mock is at Univerisity of Oklahoma. Geoffrey Parker is at University of Liverpool.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198577435
• ISBN 13: 9780198577430
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 477