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.
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*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. vii*Contributors, pg.
ix*1. Socioecology: Origins and Trends, pg. 1*2. Polyandry in Spotted
Sandpipers: The Impact of Environment and Experience, pg. 21*3. Reproductive
Strategies of Male and Female Moorhens (Gallinula chloropus), pg. 43*4.
Ecology of Cooperation in Canids, pg. 64*5. Sexual Asymmetries in the Life
History of the Florida Scrub Jay, pg. 87*6. Hornbill Social Dispersion:
Variations on a Monogamous Theme, pg. 108*7. Ecology and Social Evolution in
the Mongooses, pg. 131*8. Ecological Factors Influencing the Social Systems
of Migratory Dabbling Ducks, pg. 153*9. The Evolution of Social Behavior and
Mating Systems in the Blackbirds (Icterinae), pg. 175*10. Ecological and
Social Determinants of Cercopithecine Mating Patterns, pg. 201*11. Resource
Distribution, Social Competition, and Mating Patterns in Human Societies, pg.
217*12. The Evolution of Mating Strategies in Male Antelopes, pg. 244*13.
Ecology and Sociality in Horses and Zebras, pg. 282*14. Marmot Polygyny
Revisited: Determinants of Male and Female Reproductive Strategies, pg.
303*15. The Social Ecology of Gelada Baboons, pg. 332*16. Ecology and Social
Relationships in Two Species of Chimpanzee, pg. 352*17. Male and Female
Mating Strategies on Sage Grouse Leks, pg. 379*18. Grouping, Associations,
and Reproductive Strategies in Eastern Grey Kangaroos, pg. 399*19. The
Ecology of Sociality in Felids, pg. 429*20. Social Evolution in Birds and
Mammals, pg. 452*Acknowledgments, pg. 471*Literature Cited, pg. 475*Author
Index, pg. 529
