A game model for dominance relations among group-living animals

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-84

  Matsumura, Shuichi ^a   Kobayashi, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Dominance; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Hawk dove games; Resource holding potential

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FIGHTING; HAWK-DOVE GAME; MODELLING;

EID: 0031925321     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050414     Document Type: Article

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