Increased costs of cooperation help cooperators in the long run

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 451-463

  Smaldino, Paul E ^a,b   Schank, Jeffrey C ^b   McElreath, Richard ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based; Environmental inheritance; Harsh environments; Interdependence; Kropotkin; Strong selection

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HERITABILITY; HOMINID; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COOPERATION; GAME; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GAME THEORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84875503259     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669615     Document Type: Article

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