Power in the Wild : the subtle and not-so-subtle ways animals strive for control over others / Lee Alan Dugatkin.

• 1 Chart a Path to Power -- 2 Weigh Costs and Benefits -- 3 Assess Thy Rivals -- 4 Watch and Be Watched -- 5 Build Alliances -- 6 Cement the Hold -- 7 Survive the Battles -- 8 Rise and Fall. 

• The quest for power in animals is so much richer, so much more nuanced than who wins what knock-down, drag-out fight. Indeed, power struggles among animals often look more like an opera than a boxing match. Tracing the path to power for over thirty different species on six continents, writer and behavioral ecologist Lee Alan Dugatkin takes us on a journey around the globe, shepherded by leading researchers who have discovered that in everything from hyenas to dolphins, bonobos to field mice, cichlid fish to cuttlefish, copperhead snakes to ravens, and meerkats to mongooses, power revolves around spying, deception, manipulation, forming and breaking up alliances, complex assessments of potential opponents, building social networks, and more. Power pervades every aspect of the social life of animals: what they eat, where they eat, where they live, whom they mate with, how many offspring they produce, whom they join forces with, and whom they work to depose. In some species, power can even change an animal’s sex. Nor are humans invulnerable to this magnificently intricate melodrama: Dugatkin’s tales of the researchers studying power in animals are full of unexpected pitfalls, twists and turns, serendipity, and the pure joy of scientific discovery. 

Ämnesord

Social behavior in animals.  (LCSH)

Social hierarchy in animals.  (LCSH)

Decision making in animals.  (LCSH)

Aggressive behavior in animals.  (LCSH)

Genre

Electronic books. 

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Ug.059 Zoologi: etologi

Klassifikation

QL775 (LCC)

591.56 (DDC)

Ug.059 (kssb/8)