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SUBMITTER: van Dijk RE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4282064 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van Dijk René E RE Kaden Jennifer C JC Argüelles-Ticó Araceli A Dawson Deborah A DA Burke Terry T Hatchwell Ben J BJ
Ecology letters 20140706 9
The tragedy of the commons predicts social collapse when public goods are jointly exploited by individuals attempting to maximize their fitness at the expense of other social group members. However, animal societies have evolved many times despite this vulnerability to exploitation by selfish individuals. Kin selection offers a solution to this social dilemma, but in large social groups mean relatedness is often low. Sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) live in large colonies that share the ben ...[more]