Cooperators benefit through reputation-based partner choice in economic games

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 659-662

  Sylwester, Karolinaz ^a   Roberts, Gilbert ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive altruism; Cooperation; Indirect reciprocity; Reputation

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); MATE CHOICE; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77958192480     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0209     Document Type: Article

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