Survivor's dilemma: Defend the group or flee?

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-225

  Garay, József ^a   Varga, Zoltán ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Collective game; Cooperation; Game between relatives; Group selection; Hostile game

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FIGHTING; GAME THEORY; GROUP SELECTION; MATE GUARDING; MORTALITY; PREDATION; PRISONER DILEMMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVORS;

EID: 80053386037     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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