What is altruism?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 135-140

  Kerr, Benjamin ^a   Godfrey Smith, Peter ^b   Feldman, Marcus W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY;

EID: 1242344847     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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