Evolution of cooperation and altruistic punishment when retaliation is possible

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 541-545

  Janssen, Marco A ^a   Bushman, Clint ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group selection; Public good games

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GROUP SELECTION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC GOODS;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; ETHNOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT;

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PUNISHMENT;

EID: 51349118084     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.06.017     Document Type: Article

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