Group-Level Selection Increases Cooperation in the Public Goods Game

When groups compete for resources, some groups will be more successful than others, forcing out less successful groups. Group-level selection is the most extreme form of group competition, where the weaker group ceases to exist, becoming extinct. We implement group-level selection in a controlled la...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eckel, Catherine C., Fatas, Enrique, Godoy, Sara, Wilson, Rick K.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5004815/