@Article{LionGandon2010,
Author = {Lion, Sébastien and Gandon, Sylvain},
Title = {Life history, habitat saturation and the evolution of
fecundity and survival altruism.},
Journal = {Evolution},
doi = {10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00933.x},
Volume = {64},
Number = {6},
Pages = {1594-606},
URL = {https://evolepid.cefe.cnrs.fr/pub/LionGandon2010.pdf},
abstract = {Hamilton's rule provides a general description of the
conditions for the evolution of altruism. But altruism
can take different forms depending on which
life-history trait is affected by the helping behavior
(fecundity vs. survival helping). In particular, these
different forms of helping may have very different
demographic consequences, which may feed back on
evolution. We examine the interplay between various
forms of helping and demography in viscous populations
with empty sites. A key component of our analysis is
the local density of empty sites experienced by a focal
individual, which provides a measure of habitat
saturation. Habitat saturation is shown to have
contrasting effects depending on (1) whether the
physiological costs and benefits of helping affect
fecundity, survival or both; and (2) whether the costs
of helping are paid in a density-dependent or
density-independent manner. For a given level of
habitat saturation and with density-dependent
reproduction, we find that the conditions for the
evolution of helping should be more favorable in the
survival altruism life cycle with a cost on fecundity,
and more stringent in the fecundity altruism life cycle
with a cost on survival. More generally, our analysis
stresses the importance of taking into account the
feedback between population demography, life history,
and kin selection when investigating the selective
pressures on altruism.},
keywords = {space, evolution of social traits},
year = {2010}
}