Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A major cornerstone of evolutionary biology theory is the explanation of the emergence of cooperation in communities of selfish individuals. There is an unexplained tendency in the plant and animal world – with examples from alpine p...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-11-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/240 |