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Abstract
Explanations of cooperation between non-kin in animal societies often suggest that individuals exchange resources or services and that cooperation is maintained by reciprocity. But do cooperative interactions between unrelated individuals in non-human animals really resemble exchanges or are they a consequence of simpler mechanisms? Firm evidence of reciprocity in animal societies is rare and many examples of cooperation between non-kin probably represent cases of intra-specific mutualism or manipulation.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19890322 DOI: 10.1038/nature08366
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962