Games among cannibals: Competition to cannibalize and parent-offspring conflict lead to increased sibling cannibalism

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1523-1533

  Perry, J C ^a,b   Roitberg, B D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Game interactions; Parent offspring conflict; Sibling cannibalism; Sibling rivalry; Trophic eggs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CANNIBALISM; GAME THEORY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SIBLING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANNIBALISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GAME; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIBLING;

ANIMALS; CANNIBALISM; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; SIBLINGS;

EID: 28444457707     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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