On the evolution of hoarding, risk-taking, and wealth distribution in nonhuman and human populations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue SUPPL.3, 2014, Pages 10860-10867

  Bergstrom, Theodore C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary bet hedging; Gambling; Geometric mean; Squirrel's dilemma; Storage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH RATE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MUTATION RATE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THEORY; WINTER;

EVOLUTIONARY BET HEDGING; GAMBLING; GEOMETRIC MEAN; SQUIRREL'S DILEMMA; STORAGE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSESSIVE HOARDING; RISK-TAKING; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84904644108     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1400817111     Document Type: Article

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