Evolution of helping and harming in viscous populations when group size varies

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 609-622

  Rodrigues, António M M ^a   Gardner, Andy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BALLIOL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class structure; Conditional behavior; Inclusive fitness; Kin selection; Phenotypic plasticity; Reproductive value

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FACULTATIVE BEHAVIOR; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; GROUP SIZE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; KIN SELECTION; PATCH SIZE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; FERTILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84876379614     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670031     Document Type: Article

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