Cooperation among unrelated individuals: Reciprocal altruism, by-product mutualism and group selection in fishes

BioSystems

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 19-30

  Dugatkin, Lee Alan ^a,c   Mesterton Gibbons, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

By product mutualism; Cooperative behavior; Fish; Reciprocal altruism; Trait group selection

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; FISH; GAME; HERMAPHRODITISM; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 0030044529     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-2647(95)01542-6     Document Type: Article

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