Social niche construction and evolutionary transitions in individuality

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 59-79

  Ryan, P A ^a   Powers, S T ^b   Watson, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dialectical biologist; Evolution of cooperation; Explanation; Extended Evolutionary Synthesis; Game theory; Interactionism; Major transitions in evolution; Niche construction

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GAME THEORY; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84957725785     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-015-9505-z     Document Type: Article

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