Cooperative behaviors exist along a spectrum of cost, from no-risk scenarios of mutual benefit to self-sacrificing altruism. Hamilton’s rule predicts that as risk increases, cooperative decisions shou
Data for "Social benefits of non-kin food sharing by female vampire bats" in Proceedings B by Gerald Carter and Gerald Wilkinson. Explanations of variable names (columns): 1. subject= subject bat ho
These are data and R code for the paper Carter et al. 2020. Development of new food-sharing relationships in vampire bats. Current Biology. "Genotypes.csv" are the microsatellite genotypes used to ass
Common vampire bats often regurgitate food to roost-mates that fail to feed. The original explanation for this costly helping behaviour invoked both direct and indirect fitness benefits. Several autho
