Economic contract theory tests models of mutualism

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 15712-15716

  Weyl, E Glen ^a   Frederickson, Megan E ^a,b   Yu, Douglas W ^c,d   Pierce, Naomi E ^a,e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution of cooperation; Host sanctions; Partner fidelity feedback; Punishment; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT; EVOLUTION; HOST SANCTION; LEGUME; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PARTNER FIDELITY FEEDBACK; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; RHIZOBIACEAE; SYMBIOSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; YUCCA; ANIMAL; ECONOMICS;

PRODOXIDAE;

ANIMALS; ECONOMICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 77957666840     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1005294107     Document Type: Article

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