Endogenous timing in competitive interactions among relatives

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1583, 2006, Pages 171-178

  Cant, Michael A ^a   Shen, Sheng Feng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Evolutionarily stable strategies; Game theory; Negotiation; Social conflict

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GAME THEORY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; COOPERATION; GAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645820801     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3132     Document Type: Article

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