Explanations of cooperation between non-kin in animal societies often suggest that
individuals exchange resources or services and that cooperation is maintained by …

Evolutionary dynamics shape the living world around us. At the centre of every evolutionary
process is a population of reproducing individuals. The structure of that population affects …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Publisher Summary This chapter provides insights for behavioral ecology from behavioral
syndromes. A behavioral syndrome involves behavioral consistency, both within and …

Sexual reproduction is associated with the evolution of anisogamy and sperm-producing
males and egg-laying females. The ensuing competition for mates has led to sexual …

Robert Trivers is a pioneering figure in the field of sociobiology. For Natural Selection and
Social Theory, he has selected eleven of his most influential papers, including several …

Conflict between parents over care of young arises when the young benefit from the effort of
both parents, but each parent suffers a reduction in future reproductive success as a …

We outline and develop current theory on how inherent genetic conflicts of interest between
the various family members can affect the flow of parental investment from parents to …

Behavioral ecologists have long been comfortable assuming that genetic architecture does
not constrain which phenotypescan evolve (the “phenotypic gambit”). For flexible behavioral …

Evolutionary game theory studies frequency dependent selection. The fitness of a strategy is
not constant, but depends on the relative frequencies of strategies in the population. This …