Much ado about nothing: Nowak et al.'s charge against inclusive fitness theory

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1386-1392

  Rousset, F ^a   Lion, S ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Altruism; Editorial policies; Eusociality; Evolutionary theory; Inclusive fitness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PUBLISHING; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79955650622     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02251.x     Document Type: Note

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