Design and interpretation of experimental studies of interdemic selection: A reply to getty

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 599-603

  Wade, Michael J ^a   Goodnight, Charles J ^b   Stevens, Lori ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Flour beetles; Group selection; Hard selection; Interdemic selection; Kin selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033396741     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303259     Document Type: Note

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