Ronald Noë / Jan A. R. A. M. Van Hooff / Peter Hammerstein (eds.)

Economics in Nature

Social Dilemmas, Mate Choice and Biological Markets
Herausgeber: Hammerstein, Peter; Noe, Ronald; Hooff, Jan A. R. A. M. van

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Produktbeschreibung

Studies of sexual selection, interspecific mutualism, and intraspecific cooperation show that individuals exchange commodities to their mutual benefit. The exchange values of commodities are a source of conflict, and behavioral mechanisms such as partner choice and contest between competitors determines the composition of trading pairs or groups. These "biological markets" can be examined to gain a better understanding of the underlying principles of evolutionary ecology. In this volume scientists from different disciplines combine insights from economics, evolutionary biology, and the social sciences to look at comparative aspects of economic behavior in humans and other animals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780521003995
• ISBN-10: 0521003997
• Artikelnr.: 21024554

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Games and markets: economic behaviour in humans and other
animals Peter Hammerstein; Part I. Economic Behavior in Social Networks: 2.
Social dilemmas and human behaviour Elinor Ostrom; 3. Cooperation and
collective action in animal behaviour Charles Nunn and Rebecca J. Lewis; 4.
Conflict, reconciliation and negotiation in non-human primates: the value
of long-term relationships Jan A. R. A. M Van Hooff; Part II. Biological
Markets: 5. Biological markets: partner choice as the driving force behind
the evolution of mutualisms Ronald Noë; 6. The utility of grooming in
baboon troops Louise Barrett and Peter S. Henzi; 7. The cleaner fish market
Redouan Bshary; 8. Modeling interspecific mutualisms as biological markets
Jason D. Hoeksema and Mark W. Schwartz; Part III. Mating Markets: 9. Human
mate choice strategies Boguslaw Pawlowski and Robin I. M. Dunbar; 10. How
does mate choice contribute to exaggeration and diversity in sexual
characters? Andrew Pomiankowski and Yoh Iwasa; 11. Information about sperm
competition and the economics of sperm allocation Geoffrey A. Parker and
Mike A. Ball; 12. The economics of male mating strategies Robin I. M.
Dunbar.