Editing Behavioral ecology (section)

====Inclusive fitness====
[[Inclusive fitness]] describes the component of reproductive success in both a focal individual and their relatives.<ref name="Davies_SocialBehavior"/> Importantly, the measure embodies the sum of direct and indirect fitness and the change in their reproductive success based on the actor's behavior.<ref name=West_etal2007b>{{cite journal |last1=West |last2=Griffin |last3=Gardner|first1=S.A. |first2=A.S. |first3=A.|title=Social semantics: altruism, cooperation, mutualism, strong reciprocity and group selection|journal=Journal of Evolutionary Biology |year=2007b|volume=20|issue=2|pages=415–432|doi=10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01258.x |pmid=17305808|s2cid=1792464 |doi-access=free}}</ref> That is, the effect an individual's behaviors have on: being personally better-suited to reproduce offspring, and aiding descendant and non-descendant relatives in their reproductive efforts.<ref name="Davies_SocialBehavior"/> [[Natural selection]] is predicted to push individuals to behave in ways that maximize their inclusive fitness. Studying inclusive fitness is often done using predictions from Hamilton's rule.