On the further integration of cooperative breeding and cooperation theory

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-181

  Bergmüller, Ralph ^a   Russell, Andrew F ^b   Johnstone, Rufus A ^c   Bshary, Redouan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

By product mutualism; Cooperation theory; Cooperative breeding; Multi level selection; Pseudo reciprocity; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; MUTUALISM; RECIPROCITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EVOLUTION; GAME; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; THEORY;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; HELPING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 34648823141     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.06.013     Document Type: Review

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