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" Economics in nature : "
edited by Ronald Noë, Jan A.R.A.M. von Hooff, and Peter Hammerstein.
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BL
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675376
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b504565
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Economics in nature : : social dilemmas, mate choice, and biological markets /\ edited by Ronald Noë, Jan A.R.A.M. von Hooff, and Peter Hammerstein.
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Cambridge :: Cambridge University Press,, 2001.
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1 online resource (xi, 276 pages) :: digital, PDF file(s)
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9780511752421 (ebook)
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9780521003995 (paperback)
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9780521650144 (hardback)
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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Games and markets : economic behaviour in humans and other animals / Peter Hammerstein -- Social dilemmas and human behaviour / Elinor Ostrom -- Cooperation and collective action in animal behaviour / Charles L. Nunn and Rebecca J. Lewis -- Conflict reconciliation and negotiation in non-human primates : the value of long-term relationships / Jan A.R.A.M. van Hooff -- Biological markets : partner choice as the driving force behind the evolution of mutualisms / Ronald Noë -- The utility of grooming in baboon troops / Louise Barrett and S. Peter Henzi -- The cleaner fish market / Redouan Bshary -- Modelling interspecific mutualisms as biological markets / Jason D. Hoeksema and Mark W. Schwartz -- Human mate choice strategies / Boguslaw Pawłowski and Robin I.M. Dunbar -- How does mate choice contribute to exaggeration and diversity in sexual characters? / Andrew Pomiankowski and Yoh Iwasa -- Information about sperm competition and the economics of sperm allocation / Geoffrey A. Parker and Mike A. Ball -- The economics of male mating strategies / Robin I.M. Dunbar.
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Since the development of game theory, the analysis of animal behaviour using the theories of economics has become a growing field of biological research in which models of games and markets play an important role. Studies of sexual selection, interspecific mutualism and intraspecific cooperation show that individuals exchange commodities to their mutual benefit; the exchange values of commodities are a source of conflict, and behavioural mechanisms such as partner choice and contest between competitors determines the composition of trading pairs or groups. These 'biological markets' can be examined to gain a better understanding of the underlying principles of evolutionary ecology. In this volume scientists from different disciplines combine insights from economics, evolutionary biology and the social sciences to look at comparative aspects of economic behaviour in humans and other animals. Aimed primarily at evolutionary biologists and anthropologists, it will also appeal to psychologists and economists interested in an evolutionary approach.
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Human behavior-- Economic aspects.
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Psychology, Comparative.
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Social behavior in animals-- Economic aspects.
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QL775.E28 2001eb
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Hammerstein, Peter,1949-
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Hooff, J. A. R. A. M. van, (Johan Antoon Reinier Alex Maria),1936-
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Noë, Ronald,1951-
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