Origins of altruism diversity I: The diverse ecological roles of altruistic strategies and their evolutionary responses to local competition

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2484-2497

  Van Dyken, J David ^a   Wade, Michael J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; K selection; Local competition; Nest defense; Provisioning; Public goods; R selection; Sunk cost

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FECUNDITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NEST GUARDING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; SURVIVAL;

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION;

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84864318242     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01630.x     Document Type: Article

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