Social diversity promotes the emergence of cooperation in public goods games

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7201, 2008, Pages 213-216

  Santos, Francisco C ^a   Santos, Marta D ^b   Pacheco, Jorge M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY; COOPERATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 47049124531     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06940     Document Type: Article

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