A transactional theory of within-group conflict

American Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 365-382

  Reeve, Hudson K ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cooperation; Dominance; Eusociality; Kin selection; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MODELING; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033999973     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303322     Document Type: Article

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