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Author:   Hamilton
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   W H Freeman and Stockton Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.840kg
ISBN:  

9780716745303

ISBN 10:   0716745305
Pages:   566
Publication Date:   04 September 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface 1: Shoulders of giants: The evolution of altruistic behaviour 2: Hamilton's rule: The genetical evolution of social behaviour, I and II 3: Live now, pay later: The moulding of senescence by natural selection 4: Gender and genome: Extraordinary sex ratios 5: Spite and Price: Selfish and spiteful behaviour in an evolutionary model 6: America: Selection of selfish and altruistic behaviour in some extreme models 7: Panic stations: Geometry for the selfish herd 8: Sorority avenue: Altruism and related phenomena, mainly in social insects 9: Friends, Romans, groups: Innate social aptitudes of man: an approach from evolutionary genetics 10: Venus too kind: Gamblers since life began: Barnacle, aphids, elms 11: Elm and Australian: Dispersal in stable habitats 12: Funeral Feasts: Evolution and diversity under bark 13: Discordant insects: Wingless and fighting males in fig wasps and other insects 14: Astringent leaves: Low nutritive quality as defence against herbivores 15: Advanced arts of exit: Evolutionarily stable dispersal strategies Epilogue Acknowledgements Index

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W. D. Hamilton is a Royal Society Research Professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford. He is known throughout the world for his work on social evolution and sexual selection. He is a fellow of the Royal Society and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. W.D. Hamilton, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS. Tel. 01865-271166.

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