The complexity of many biological, social and technological systems stems from the richness
of the interactions among their units. Over the past decades, a variety of complex systems …

The genetic evolution of altruism (ie, a behavior resulting in a net reduction of the survival
and/or reproduction of an actor to benefit a recipient) once perplexed biologists because it …

Covering the major topics of evolutionary game theory, Game-Theoretical Models in Biology,
Second Edition presents both abstract and practical mathematical models of real biological …

We review the theory of public goods in biology. In the N-person prisoner's dilemma, where
the public good is a linear function of the individual contributions, cooperation requires some …

Evolutionary game dynamics of two players with two strategies has been studied in great
detail. These games have been used to model many biologically relevant scenarios, ranging …

From group hunting to global warming, how to deal with collective action may be formulated
in terms of a public goods game of cooperation. In most cases, contributions depend on the …

Conflict with conspecifics from neighbouring groups over territory, mating opportunities and
other resources is observed in many social organisms, including humans. Here we …

The production of public goods by the contribution of individual volunteers is a social
dilemma because an individual that does not volunteer can benefit from the public good …

Cooperation is key to prosperity in human societies. Population structure is well understood
as a catalyst for cooperation, where research has focused on pairwise interactions. But …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 1300–1312 Abstract We review recent work at the interface of
economic game theory and evolutionary biology that provides new insights into the …