Co-evolution between sociality and dispersal: The role of synergistic cooperative benefits

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 312, Issue , 2012, Pages 44-54

  Purcell, Jessica ^a,b   Brelsford, Alan ^a,b   Avilés, Leticia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Demography; Non additive effects; Philopatry; Weak altruism

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COEVOLUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; PHILOPATRY;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; HUMAN; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84864821497     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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