Chapter 8 Suggested Readings

Gamble, S., A. K. Lindholm, J. A. Endler, and R. Brooks. 2003. Environmental variation and the maintenance of polymorphism: the effect of ambient light spectrum on mating behaviour and sexual selection in guppies. Ecology Letters 6:463–72.

Godin, J. G. J. and H. E. McDonough. 2003. Predator preference for brightly colored males in the guppy: a viability cost for a sexually selected trait. Behavioral Ecology 14:194–200.

Kodric-Brown, A. and P. F. Nicoletto. 2001. Age and experience affect female choice in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). American Naturalist 157:316–23.

This set of three papers gives a thorough introduction of research on mate selection in guppies.

Choe, J. C. and B. J. Crespi. 1997. The Evolution of Social Behavior in Insects and Arachnids. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Excellent compendium of social behavior among a wide variety of species.

Clutton-Brock, T. 2002. Breeding together: kin selection and mutualism in cooperative vertebrates. Science 296:69–72.

A broad overview of cooperative behavior among vertebrate animals.

Clutton-Brock, T. 2007. Meerkat Manor Flower of the Kalahari. New York: Touchstone.

Accessible and richly illustration introduction to the behavior and ecology of one of the most fascinating of Africa’s cooperatively breeding mammals by a leading contemporary behavioral ecologist.

Duffy J. E., C. L. Morrison., and R. Rios. 2000. Multiple origins of eusociality among sponge-dwelling shrimps (Synalpheus). Evolution 54:503–16.

Fascinating analysis of the remarkable discovery of eusociality among marine crustaceans.

Gadagkar, R. 2010. Sociobiology in turmoil again. Current Science 99:1036-1041.

Nowak, M. A., C. E. Tarnita, and E. O. Wilson. 2010. The evolution of eusociality. Nature 437:1291-1298.

Okasha, S. 2010. Altruism researchers must cooperate. Nature 467:653-655.

Ratnieks, F. L., K. R. Foster, and T. Wenseleers. 2011. Darwin’s special difficulty: the evolution of “neuter insects” and current theory. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65:481-492.

Four articles that outline the various perspectives on the relative roles of kin selection and ecological constraints on the evolution of sociality, especially eusociality.

Hawn, A. T., A. N. Radford, and M. A. du Plessis. 2007. Delayed breeding affectslifetime reproductive success differently in male and female green woodhoopoes. CurrentBiology 17:844–49.

A 24-year study on the effects of delayed breeding on the lifetime reproductive success of green woodhoopoes, showing opposite trends for males and females.

Marshall, D. L. and P. K. Diggle. 2001. Mechanisms of differential pollen donorperformance in wild radish, Raphanus sativus (Brassicaceae). American Journal of Botany 88:242–57.

Skogsmyr, I. and A. Lankinen. 2000. Potential selection for female choice in Viola tricolor. Evolutionary Ecology Research 2:965–79.

Detailed studies of mating ecology of two species of plants.

Packer, C. and A. E. Pusey. 1997. Divided we fall: cooperation among lions. Scientific American 276(5):52–59.

Very interesting summary of Packer and Pusey’s long-term studies of African lions.

West, P. M. and C. Packer. 2002. Sexual selection, temperature, and the lion’s mane. Science 297:1339-49.

Fascinating study outlining the opposing influences of the physical and social environments on the elaboration of a male ornament: the mane of the African lion.

Wilson, E.O. and B. Hölldobler. 2005. Eusociality: origin and consequences.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 102: 13367–71.

Provocative challenge to the long-held theory that kin selection has been a primary driver in the evolution of eusociality.