Co-operation among animals: an evolutionary perspective

✍ Scribed by Reeve, Hudson Kern;Dugatkin, Lee Alan

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, USA
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Leaves: 240
Series: Oxford series in ecology and evolution
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Historical perspectives on co-operative behavior
theoretical perspectives on the evolution of co-operation
co-operation in fishes
co-operation in birds
co-operation in mammals I --
non-primates
co-operation in mammals II --
non-human primates
co-operation in insects
to the future.

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