Kin in space: Social viscosity in a spatially and genetically substructured network

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1647, 2008, Pages 2063-2069

  Wolf, Jochen B W ^a,b,c   Trillmich, Fritz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altruism; Co operation; Cross fostering; Kin selection; Social network; Zalophus wollebaeki

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISPERSAL; GENETIC STRUCTURE; KIN SELECTION; PHILOPATRY; PINNIPED; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHILOPATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; STRESS; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALIA; ZALOPHUS WOLLEBAEKI;

EID: 48749133831     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0356     Document Type: Article

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