Economics in Nature: Social Dilemmas, Mate Choice and Biological MarketsRonald Noë, Jan A. R. A. M. Van Hooff, Peter Hammerstein Cambridge University Press, 2006 M01 19 - 292 páginas 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 behavioral 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 behavior in humans and other animals. |
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Games and markets economic behaviour in humans and other animals | 1 |
Social dilemmas and human behaviour | 23 |
Cooperation and collective action in animal behaviour | 42 |
Conflict reconciliation and negotiation in nonhuman primates the value of longterm relationships | 67 |
Biological markets | 91 |
Biological markets partner choice as the driving force behind the evolution of mutualisms | 93 |
The utility of grooming in baboon troops | 119 |
The cleaner fish market | 146 |
Modelling interspecific mutualisms as biological markets | 173 |
Mating markets | 185 |
Human mate choice strategies | 187 |
How does mate choice contribute to exaggeration and diversity in sexual characters? | 203 |
Information about sperm competition and the economics of sperm allocation | 221 |
The economics of male mating strategies | 245 |
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Economics in Nature: Social Dilemmas, Mate Choice and Biological Markets Ronald Noë,Jan A. R. A. M. Van Hooff,Peter Hammerstein Sin vista previa disponible - 2006 |
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Nature's Magic: Synergy in Evolution and the Fate of Humankind Peter Corning Vista previa limitada - 2003 |