Social evolution and the what, when, why and how of the major evolutionary transitions in the history of life

Peter Nonacs, Heikki Helanterä, Karen Marie Kapheim

Frontiers Media SA

Science Ecology and Evolution Social Evolution

Keywords: Major evolutionary transition,­Origin of life,­kin selection,­Group selection,­information,­Individuality,­inheritance,­cooperation,­Ecological impacts

Social Invertebrates as Models for Non-Kin Cooperation

Floria M. K. Uy, Leticia Aviles, Miriam H. Richards

Frontiers Media SA

Science Ecology and Evolution Social Evolution

Keywords: cooperation,­Invertebrates,­non-kin,­Group formation,­social evolution

Ecology and Evolution of Non-Consumptive Effects in Host-Parasite Interactions

Lien Luong, Julia Buck, Janet Koprivnikar, Sara B. Weinstein

Frontiers Media SA

Science Ecology and Evolution Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology

Keywords: ecology of disgust,­Ecology of Fear,­Non-consumptive effects,­Trait-mediated effects,­Parasite avoidance

Microbial Drivers of Sociality – from Multicellularity to Animal Societies

Dino McMahon, Peter H. W. Biedermann, Marko Rohlfs, Joël Meunier

Frontiers Media SA

Science Microbiology Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

Keywords: microbe,­social,­Immunity,­Symbiotic,­Major transition

Cooperation and Coordination in the Family

James L. Savage, Camilla A. Hinde, Rufus A. Johnstone

Frontiers Media SA

Science Ecology and Evolution Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology

Keywords: cooperation,­Family Conflict,­investment,­parental care,­negotiation

Mechanisms of Communication and Recognition in Social Evolution

Christina Riehl, Mark A. Elgar

Frontiers Media SA

Science Ecology and Evolution Social Evolution

Keywords: Social Behavior,­Kin recognition,­nestmate recognition,­Animal signaling,­phenotype matching,­alarm calls,­Begging signals,­Social information

Coordination and Cooperation in Complex Adaptive Systems: Theory and Application

Xiaojie Chen, Tatsuya Sasaki, Isamu Okada

Frontiers Media SA

During the past decade, plenty of studies have been carried out in the literature to address the...

Science Physics Interdisciplinary Physics

Keywords: evolutionary game theory,­cooperation,­Social learning,­evolutionary dynamics,­complex systems