Do we expect natural selection to produce rational behaviour?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1485, 2007, Pages 1531-1543

  Houston, Alasdair I ^a   McNamara, John M ^a   Steer, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delay reduction; Predation; Rate maximization; Revenge effects; Trade off; Transitivity

Indexed keywords

NATURAL SELECTION; PERCEPTION; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34548564327     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2051     Document Type: Article

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