From reciprocity to unconditional altruism through signalling benefits

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1511, 2003, Pages 199-205

  Lotem, Arnon ^a   Fishman, Michael A ^a   Stone, Lewi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Evolutionary game theory; Handicap principle; Reciproal altruism; Signalling

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GAME THEORY; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HONEST SIGNALING; RECIPROCITY;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MODEL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEORY;

EID: 0037460217     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2225     Document Type: Article

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