The evolution of cooperative turn-taking in animal conflict

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A fundamental assumption in animal socio-ecology is that animals compete over limited resources. This view has been challenged by the finding that individuals might cooperatively partition resources by "taking turns". Turn-...

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Main Authors: Franz Mathias, van der Post Daniel, Schülke Oliver, Ostner Julia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/323