Ecological Aspects of Social Evolution Birds and Mammals |
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| Editor:
| Rubenstein, Daniel I.
Wrangham, Richard W. |
| Series title: | Princeton Legacy Library |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-08440-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1987 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $57.00 |
Book Description:
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Seeking common principles of social evolution in different taxonomic groups, the contributors to this volume discuss eighteen groups of birds and mammals for which long-term field studies have been carried out. They examine how social organization is shaped by the interaction between proximate ecological pressures and culture"--the social traditions already in place and shaped by local and phylogenetic history. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton...
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Seeking common principles of social evolution in different taxonomic groups, the contributors to this volume discuss eighteen groups of birds and mammals for which long-term field studies have been carried out. They examine how social organization is shaped by the interaction between proximate ecological pressures and culture"--the social traditions already in place and shaped by local and phylogenetic history.
Originally published in 1987.
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