A skew model for the evolution of sociality via manipulation: Why it is better to be feared than loved

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1445, 2000, Pages 821-828

  Crespi, Bernard J ^a   Ragsdale, Janice E ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Manipulation; Reproductive skew model; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEAR; LOVE; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0034701435     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1077     Document Type: Article

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