Extra-pair parentage: A new theory based on transactions in a cooperative game

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1223-1243

  Akçay, Erol ^a   Roughgarden, Joan ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative games; Direct benefits; Extra pair paternity; Genetic benefits; Negotiation; Social selection

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 38949111058     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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