Indiscriminate altruism: Unduly nice parents and siblings

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 99-103

  Keller, Laurent ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; KIN RECOGNITION; NEPOTISM; SOCIAL INSECT;

EID: 0031081923     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(96)10065-3     Document Type: Review

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