The evolution of cooperation based on direct fitness benefits

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2016 Feb 5;371(1687):20150472. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0472.

Authors

Michael Taborsky¹, Joachim G Frommen², Christina Riehl³

Affiliations

¹ Behavioural Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Hinterkappelen, Switzerland michael.taborsky@iee.unibe.ch.
² Behavioural Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Hinterkappelen, Switzerland.
³ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: altruism; natural selection; non-kin cooperation; reciprocity; social evolution.

Publication types

Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Animals
Biological Evolution*
Cooperative Behavior*
Genetic Fitness
Humans
Selection, Genetic