Species-level selection reduces selfishness through competitive exclusion

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1459-1468

  Rankin, D J ^a   Lopez Sepulcre A ^a,b   Foster, K R ^a,c   Kokko, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Interspecific competition; Levels of selection; Selfishness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EVOLUTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MODELING; SELECTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34250757025     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01337.x     Document Type: Article

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