cooperation

Working together for mutual benefit. Cooperation evolves when it provides fitness advantages: mutualism, kin selection, and reciprocity all explain why organisms help rather than compete.

21 entities tagged with "cooperation"

Citations (3)

Cleaner Fish Labroides dimidiatus Manipulate Client Reef Fish by Providing Tactile Stimulation

Cooperation and conflict in quorum-sensing bacterial populations

Net transfer of carbon between ectomycorrhizal tree species in the field

Definitions (7)

cheater-detection

coalition

coalition-formation

kin-selection

prosocial

reciprocal-altruism

tit-for-tat

Mechanisms (8)

Mycorrhizal Networks

Coalition Formation & Dynamics

Mutualism

Grooming as Coalition Currency

Reciprocity Tracking

Tit-for-Tat Strategy

Three-Party Coalition Stability

Symbiosis

Organisms (3)

Birch

Douglas Fir

Paper Birch

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