Evolutionary stable investment in products that confer both an individual benefit and a public good

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4557-4564

  Sherratt, Tom N ^a   Roberts, Gilbert ^b   Kassen, Rees ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Cheats; Cooperation; Evolutionary stable strategy; Extracellular products; Game theory; Investment; Public goods; Review

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EVOLUTION; GAME; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 63849122632     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3548     Document Type: Article

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