Cheating can stabilize cooperation in mutualisms

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1598, 2006, Pages 2233-2239

  Foster, Kevin R ^a,b   Kokko, Hanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheating; Cooperation; Lek paradox; Mutualism; Partner choice; Sanctions

Indexed keywords

CHEATING BEHAVIOR; COEVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HOST PREFERENCE; MUTUALISM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; HOST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 33748259601     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3571     Document Type: Article

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