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The adaptive dynamics of altruism in spatially heterogeneous populations.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jan 2003

Le Galliard Jean-François, Ferrière Regis, Dieckmann Ulf

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We study the spatial adaptive dynamics of a continuous trait that measures individual investment in altruism. Our study is based on an ecological model of a spatially heterogeneous population from which we derive an appropriate measure of fitness. The analysis of this fitness measure uncovers three different selective processes controlling the evolution of altruism: the direct physiological cost, the indirect...

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PMID: 12643563
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00211.x

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