The adaptive dynamics of altruism in spatially heterogeneous populations

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-17

  Le Galliard, Jean François ^a   Ferrière, Regis ^a,b,c   Dieckmann, Ulf ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Altruism; Kin competition; Kin selection; Mobility; Relatedness; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALTRUISM; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVOLUTION; HETEROGENEITY;

EID: 0242432403     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00211.x     Document Type: Article

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