Distinguishing between rescue, cooperation and other forms of altruistic behavior

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-79

  Nowbahari, Elise ^a   Hollis, Karen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; By product mutualism; Call for help; Cooperation; Evolutionary theory; Helping behavior; Individual recognition; Kin recognition; Rescue behavior; Species recognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 77956162392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.3.2.10018     Document Type: Review

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