Cooperation among animals: an evolutionary perspective

Auteur :
Dugatkin
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195086225
Date de publication :
13 mars 1997
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,7 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
393 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This study outlines four different categories of co-operation among animals - reciprocal altruism, kinship, group-selected co-operation, and by-product mutualism - and ties them together in a single framework. Studies on co-operation in insects, fish, birds and mammals are then reviewed.