The social selection alternative to sexual selection

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1600, 2012, Pages 2294-2303

  Roughgarden, Joan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Courtship semantics; Family firm; Nest production function; Pleasure; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COURTSHIP; FACILITATION; KIN SELECTION; NATURAL SELECTION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 84863812084     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0282     Document Type: Review

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