at the expense of a group. Natural selection favors cheating, but there are mechanisms to regulate it. The stress gradient hypothesis states that facilitation, cooperation, or mutualism should be more common in stressful environments, while cheating, competition, or parasitism are common in benign environments (such as nutrient excess).

Theoretical models

Organisms communicate and cooperate to perform a wide range of behaviors. Mutualism,

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