Adaptive evolution of social traits: Origin, trajectories, and correlations of altruism and mobility

American Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 206-224

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

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Altruism; Evolutionary dynamics; Habitat saturation; Kin selection; Mobility; Spatial invasion fitness

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; KIN SELECTION; MOBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION; ALTRUISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTRUISM; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 13944271475     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427090     Document Type: Article

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