Collective action and the intensity of between-group competition in nonhuman primates

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 625-631

  Willems, Erik P ^a   Van Schaik, Carel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

collective action problem; competition; cooperation; ideal gas model; social evolution; territoriality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MUTUALISM; PHILOPATRY; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAXONOMY; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84938696101     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arv001     Document Type: Article

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