Cooperation for direct fitness benefits

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1553, 2010, Pages 2619-2626

  Leimar, Olof ^a,c   Hammerstein, Peter ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c WISSENSCHAFTSKOLLEG ZU BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological markets; By product benefits; Common interest; Mutualism; Pseudo reciprocity

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MUTUALISM; NATURAL SELECTION; RECIPROCITY; RELATEDNESS;

EID: 77957261547     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0116     Document Type: Review

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