Alan Flatrès
- Excited to share my latest paper, co-written with Geoff Wild, titled "Evolution of redirected help with stepping-stone dispersal"!
- Here, we ask how the way individuals are dispersing 🔀 changes how they are helping each other after a brood failure 🚫 🪺.
- If individuals disperse near their natal home, should we observe more help due to being around relatives 😇? Or the higher competition between relatives makes individuals fight each other 😈?
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View full threadTo discover our results and read our article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- My second paper, written with @geoffwild.bsky.social, has been published in @journal-evo.bsky.social ! Title: Selective advantage of redirected helping in a viscous population: doi.org/10.1093/evol....
- What happens when a bird suffers brood failure? Well, it can decide to help a related neighbor. This may look like a no-brainer: if I help, I can get some inclusive fitness benefits!
- However, these benefits may not be sufficient for help to emerge in a viscous population, where additional costs arise from kin competition.
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View full threadOur results provide a new perspective on the evolution of altruistic behaviors and highlight the importance of life-history.
