Controlling excludability in the evolution of cooperation

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 365-373

  Dionisio, Francisco ^a,b,c   Gordo, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution of complexity; Excludability; Multi level selection; Privatization; Rivalry; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947631404     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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