Reproductive skew and the evolution of conflict resolution: A synthesis of transactional and tug-of-war models

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 672-684

  Buston, Peter M ^a   Zink, Andrew G ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining theory; Conflict; Cooperation; Cooperative breeding; Eusociality; Game theory

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GAME THEORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

AMPHIPRION PERCULA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 66149105201     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp050     Document Type: Article

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