Models of Adaptive Behaviour
Models of Adaptive Behaviour
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USDModels of Adaptive Behaviour sets out a framework for adaptive explanations of behaviour, and applies this to give analyses of a range of biological issues such as energetic gain, energy-predation trade-offs, dynamic games, state-dependent life histories, annual routines and fluctuating environments. It gives a definitive account of this exciting field, summarizing previous research, presenting material and suggesting directions for research. Organisms differ in terms of their state - for example in their size, energy relations or temperature - which often affects their behaviour. The framework adopted in this book takes this into account, and provides a common currency for comparing diverse actions. Ultimately this could lead to the development of state-dependent dynamic models. This book will be a revelation for graduate students and researchers interested in behavioural or evolutionary biology.
- Authors are leading lights in this rapidly expanding field
- Provides background into subject and pointers for future research
Reviews & endorsements
"This book should be of interest to theoretical ecologists, and students of ecology wishing to develop their modelling skills. It will be a useful focus for an advanced graduate-level class in behavioural or evolutionary ecology." CSZ Bulletin
"This book should be of interest to theoretical ecologists, and students of ecology wishing to develop their modelling skills. It will be a useful focus for an advanced graduate-level class in behavioural or evolutionary ecology." CSZ Bulletin
"The book is a very valuable contribution to the field and I would certainly encourage anyone working in behavior, or evolutionary biology in general, to have a copy at hand." Ecology
"The review of material is wide and thorough, the employment of techniques such as iterative solutions deft, and the evaluation of different arguments and models (both of the authors' and others) incisive." The Canadian Field-Naturalist
"Models of Adaptive Behaviour makes an imporant contribution...The chapters are threaded together in such a way as to form a well defined and clear tapestry for modeling adaptive behaviour. The book is compactly written, contains much useful information, and provides the reader with many excellent references." Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists
"The review of material is wide and thorough, the employment of techniques such as iterative solutions deft, and the evaluation of different arguments and models (both of the authors' and others) are incisive." The Canadian Field-Naturalist
"Models of Adaptive Behaviour makes an imporant contribution...The chapters are threaded together in such a way as to form a well defined and clear tapestry for modeling adaptive behaviour. The book is compactly written, contains much useful information, and provides the reader with many excellent references." Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists
Product details
September 1999Paperback
9780521655392
390 pages
229 × 152 × 22 mm
0.57kg
45 b/w illus.
Available
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. States, actions and tradeoffs
- 3. Dynamic optimization
- 4. Maximizing the energy gained from foraging
- 5. Risk-sensitive foraging
- 6. The energy-predation trade-off
- 7. Dynamic games
- 8. State-dependent life history theory
- 9. Routines
- 10. Life histories in fluctuating environments
- References
- Index.
