High population density promotes the evolution of ownership

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 551-556

  Horiuchi, Shiro ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contest cost; Hawk Dove Bourgeois game; Ownership; Population density; Resource value

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EID: 43549127119     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0408-6     Document Type: Article

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