Social ecology (zoology)

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Biological social ecology studies how the group structure and organization of animals are influenced by the animal's environment.

Socio-ecological research approaches are particularly widespread in primate research . In this special area of behavioral ecology , in particular, attempts are made to explain the evolution of the diversity of social systems.

literature

  • W. McGrew: Great Ape Societies. Cambridge University Press, London 1996, ISBN 0-521-55536-1 .
  • P. Kappeler: Primate Life Histories and Socioecology. University Of Chicago Press, Chicago 2003, ISBN 0-226-42464-2 .
  • V. Standon, RA Foley (Ed.): Comparative Socioecology of Mammals and Humans. Oxford, Blackwell Publishing 1989, ISBN 0-632-02361-9 .