A note on frequency dependence and the levels/units of selection

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-228

  Sarkar, Sahotra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary game theory; Frequency dependence; Levels of selection; Properties; Units of selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GROUP SELECTION; KIN SELECTION;

EID: 38649135393     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-007-9092-8     Document Type: Article

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