Tragedy of the commons in the chemostat.

We present a proof of principle for the phenomenon of the tragedy of the commons that is at the center of many theories on the evolution of cooperation. Whereas the tragedy is commonly set in a game theoretical context, and attributed to an underlying Prisoner's Dilemma, we take an alternative...

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Main Authors: Martin Schuster, Eric Foxall, David Finch, Hal Smith, Patrick De Leenheer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5737893?pdf=render