The relative roles of kinship and reciprocity in explaining primate altruism

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-50

  Schino, Gabriele ^a   Aureli, Filippo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; Grooming; Kinship; Primates; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; GROOMING; KIN SELECTION; KINSHIP; META-ANALYSIS; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PRIMATE; RECIPROCITY;

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; GROOMING; META ANALYSIS; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; GROOMING; PRIMATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 72949084820     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01396.x     Document Type: Article

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