Behavioral responses in structured populations pave the way to group optimality

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-269

  Akçay, Erol ^a,c   van Cleve, Jeremy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community reciprocity; Goal oriented behavior; Kin selection; Multilevel selection; Price equation; Two tiered model

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLONAL ORGANISM; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; KIN SELECTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECIPROCITY; RELATEDNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CLONE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLONE CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84855390058     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/663691     Document Type: Article

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