Social semantics: Altruism, cooperation, mutualism, strong reciprocity and group selection

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 415-432

  West, S A ^a   Griffin, A S ^a   Gardner, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Direct fitness; Hamilton's rule; Inclusive fitness; Kin selection; Reciprocal altruism; Social evolution; Social selection

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; GROUP SELECTION; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; KIN SELECTION; MUTUALISM; RECIPROCITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33847019914     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01258.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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