Intraspecific Variation in the Social Systems of Wild Vertebrates

by Dale F. Lott

Book Overview

It has often been assumed by those studying animal behaviour that the social system adopted by a species is a fixed product of natural selection. There is now an interesting body of evidence that this is not always the case and that alternative forms of social organisation may be adopted according to circumstance. In this book, first published in 1991, Professor Lott presents an overview of the understanding of this phenomenon and its implications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052111523X
• ISBN13: 9780521115230
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"