Toward a behavioral ecology of rescue behavior

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 647-664

  Hollis, Karen L ^a   Nowbahari, Elise ^b  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Altruism; Ants; Division of labor; Empathy; Eusocial insects; Helping behavior; Rescue behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881255055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491301100311     Document Type: Article

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