The continuous public goods game and the evolution of cooperative sex ratios

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 277-287

  Kamimura, Yoshitaka ^a   Abe, Jun ^b   Ito, Hiroshi ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolution of cooperation; Iterated games; Mutual policing; Prisoner's dilemma; Sex ratio adjustment

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; MITE; NUMERICAL METHOD; OVIPOSITION; PRISONER DILEMMA; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; WASP;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COITUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EGG LAYING; GAME; MATE CHOICE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; WASPS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; MELITTOBIA;

EID: 42749084971     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.02.017     Document Type: Article

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