Economics in nature
Subtitle: social dilemmas, mate choice and biological markets
By: edited by Ronald Noë, Jan A.R.A.M. van Hooff and Peter Hammerstein.
Contributors: Noë, Ronald, 1951-; Hooff, J. A. R. A. M. van 1936-; Hammerstein, Peter, 1949-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Social behavior in animals -- Economic aspects; Human behavior -- Economic aspects; Psychology, Comparative
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Games and markets / Peter Hammerstein; title: Social dilemmas and human behaviour / Elinor Ostrom; title: Cooperation and collective action in animal behaviour / Charles L. Nunn and Rebecca J. Lewis; title: Conflict reconciliation and negotiation in non-human primates / Jan A.R.A.M. van Hooff; title: Biological markets / Ronald Noë; title: The utility of grooming in baboon troops / Louise Barrett and S. Peter Henzi; title: The cleaner fish market / Redouan Bshary; title: Modelling interspecific mutualisms as biological markets / Jason D. Hoeksema and Mark W. Schwartz; title: Human mate choice strategies / Boguslaw Pawłowski and Robin I.M. Dunbar; title: How does mate choice contribute to exaggeration and diversity in sexual characters? / Andrew Pomiankowski and Yoh Iwasa; title: Information about sperm competition and the econometrics of sperm allocation / Geoffrey A. Parker and Mike A. Ball; title: The economics of male mating strategies / Robin I.M. Dunbar.