Punishment and partner switching cause cooperative behaviour in a cleaning mutualism

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 396-399

  Bshary, Redouan ^a   Grutter, Alexandra S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological market; Cooperation; Labroides dimidiatus; Mutualism; Partner choice; Punishment

Indexed keywords

CHEATING BEHAVIOR; CLEANER FISH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; MUTUALISM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; LEARNING; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS;

EID: 29144439724     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0344     Document Type: Article

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