Does evolution lead to maximizing behavior?

Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1858-1873

  Lehmann, Laurent ^a   Alger, Ingela ^b   Weibull, Jörgen ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^c STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^d Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

Game theory; Inclusive fitness; Maximizing behavior; Nash equilibrium; Uninvadable

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; GAME THEORY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; INVASIVE SPECIES; PATCH USE; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; GAME; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, GENETIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84937720951     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12701     Document Type: Article

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