The collective action problem in primate territory economics

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1759, 2013, Pages

  Willems, Erik P ^a   Hellriegel, Barbara ^a   van Schaik, Carel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Between group conflict; Home range defence; Human warfare; Public good; Social dilemma; Within group cooperation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; HOME RANGE; PHILOPATRY; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; PUBLIC GOODS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TERRITORIALITY; WAR;

EID: 84875307145     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0081     Document Type: Article

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