Cooperation Among Animals: An Evolutionary Perspective Paperback

Lee Alan Dugatkin

This book outlines four different categories of co-operation - reciprocal altruism, kinship, group-selected co-operation, and by-product mutualism - and ties them together in a single framework called the Co-operator's Dilemma. Hundreds of studies on cooperation in insects, fish, birds, and mammals are then reviewed, each example being tied back to the theoretical framework developed early on when the data allows. Future experiments designed to further elucidate a particular type of co-operation are provided throughout the book.

0195086228

9780195086225

English

Oxford University Press, USA

13-03-1997

238

Hudson Kern Reeve

"Dugatkin's little book is both a great introduction to and a good review of cooperation in animals. He begins with an excellent summary of the long-standing interest in cooperative behavior among philosophers, psychologists, and biologists. . .He outlines four models of cooperation behaviors within evolutionary biology--reciprocity, kin selection, group selection, and byproduct mutualism--and reviews theoretical work on the evolution of cooperation." --Choice