Bees as Superorganisms

An Evolutionary Reality

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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The biology of individual colony members is only addressed when it is necessary to explain colonial mechanisms, and the colonyas a whole, as a biological unit, which is the main focus of this treatise. Both of us felt that all current textbooks on bee biology put too much emphasis on the individual worker, queen or drone in the colony.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2011-12-21
Mått155 x 235 x 27 mm
Vikt624 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor395
FörlagSpringer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN9783642846687

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1 What Is a Superorganism?.- 1.1 From Cells to Metazoan Organisms.- 1.2 What Makes a Social Group a Superorganism?.- 1.3 Diversity of Superorganisms.- 1.4 What Not to Expect from Superorganisms.- 2 Evolution of Superorganisms.- 2.1 From Solitary Individuals to Superorganisms: The Theories.- 2.2 From Solitary Individuals to Superorganisms: The Evidence.- 3 Physiology.- 3.1 Development.- 3.2 Glands and Secretions.- 3.3 Feeding and Digestion.- 3.4 Respiration.- 3.5 Circulation.- 3.6 Colonial Excretion and Water Balance.- 3.7 Metabolic Physiology.- 3.8 Neurophysiology.- 3.9 Muscle Function.- 3.10 Circadian Rhythms and Sleep.- 4 Communication Network of the Superorganism.- 4.1 The Analysis of Communication Networks.- 4.2 Division of Labour.- 4.3 Food Procurement and Temperature Regulation.- 4.4 Search for Housing.- 4.5 Pheromones.- 4.6 Learning.- 4.7 Social Intelligence and Network Analysis.- 5 Ecology.- 5.1 Demography of Natural Populations.- 5.2 Community Structure.- 5.3 Superorganism Size.- 5.4 Ecological Impact of Superorganismic Honeybees.- 6 Reproduction.- 6.1 Individual Reproduction.- 6.2 Colonial Reproduction.- 7 Genetics.- 7.1 Gene Expression vs Genotype Expression.- 7.2 Genetic Basis of Honeybees.- 7.3 Genetic Variation in Honeybee Colonies.- 7.4 Quantitative Genetics.- 7.5 Behavioural Genetics.- 7.6 Population Genetics.- 8 Natural Selection.- 8.1 Selection at the Individual Level.- 8.2 Kin Selection.- 8.3 Selection on Phenotypes of Superorganisms.- 8.4 Africanized Honeybees: A Large-Scale Evolutionary Experiment.- 8.5 Selection in Superorganisms: Too Complex to Study?.- References.