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Coordinated breathing in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) as cooperation: integrating proximate and ultimate explanationsAmir Perelberg
Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Isreal
J Comp Psychol 122:109-20. 2008..g., when there is a time lag between cooperative acts and material outcomes). Affective states can then be adaptive by strengthening social relationships that lead to eventual gains in fitness...
Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) prefer to cooperate when petted: Integrating proximate and ultimate explanations IIAmir Perelberg
Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Israel
J Comp Psychol 123:45-55. 2009..The latter can provide reinforcement when immediate material gains are reduced, delayed, or absent. Over a lifetime, this proximate mechanism can lead to cooperative relationships whose long-term ultimate consequences can be adaptive...
Effects of artificial reefs on fish grazing in their vicinity: evidence from algae presentation experimentsShai Einbinder
The Inter University Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat, P O Box 469, Eilat 88103, Israel
Mar Environ Res 61:110-9. 2006..Therefore, while planning deployment of such artificial reefs it is necessary to consider their overall influence on their natural surroundings, in order to maintain the natural community trophic dynamics...
Why cooperate? An economic perspective is not enoughRichard Schuster
Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel
Behav Processes 66:261-77. 2004..The impact of cooperative relationships on fitness may therefore not occur immediately but in the future, and perhaps in another context, when they influence outcomes that have a significant impact on survival and reproduction...
