Skew selection: Nature favors a trickle-down distribution of resources in ants

Journal of Bioeconomics

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 83-96

  Cassill, Deby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Competition; Cooperation; Group selection; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INVESTMENT;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0242274306     PISSN: 13876996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025823409334     Document Type: Article

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