Primate nepotism: What is the explanatory value of kin selection?

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 203-229

  Chapais, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kin selection; Kinship; Mutualism; Nepotism; Primates; Reciprocal altruism

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; KIN SELECTION; NEPOTISM; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PRIMATE;

EID: 0035018857     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005619430744     Document Type: Article

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