The evolution of aggressive losers

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 342-350

  Just, Winfried ^a   Morris, Molly R ^a   Sun, Xiaolu ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal contests; Assessment of RHP; Escalation; Game theory; Simulated evolution

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CONTEST COMPETITION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FIGHTING; GAME THEORY;

AGGRESSION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33847130933     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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