The economic basis of cooperation: Tradeoffs between selfishness and generosity

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-261

  Stevens, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Stephens, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue jay; Cooperation; Game theory; Pavlov; Prisoner's dilemma; Tit for Tat

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; PASSERINE; TRADE-OFF;

CORVIDAE; CYANOCITTA CRISTATA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 1942539934     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh006     Document Type: Article

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