Evolutionary game theory

Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 88-106

  McNamara, John M ^a   Weissing, Franz J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84925649043     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511781360.009     Document Type: Chapter

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