Evolutionary dynamics of collective action in N-person stag hunt dilemmas

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1655, 2009, Pages 315-321

  Pacheco, Jorge M ^a   Santos, Francisco C ^b   Souza, Max O ^c   Skyrms, Brian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Coordination; Evolution of cooperation; Evolutionary dynamics; Evolutionary game theory; Public goods

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; GROUP SIZE; MALE; POPULATION MODELING; PRISONER DILEMMA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; COORDINATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MALE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 58149234977     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1126     Document Type: Article

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