Dynamic Modeling in Behavioral EcologyThis book describes a powerful and flexible technique for the modeling of behavior, based on evolutionary principles. The technique employs stochastic dynamic programming and permits the analysis of behavioral adaptations wherein organisms respond to changes in their environment and in their own current physiological state. Models can be constructed to reflect sequential decisions concerned simultaneously with foraging, reproduction, predator avoidance, and other activities. |
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... Patch Selection 2.1 Patch Selection as a Paradigm 2.2 Biological Examples 2.3 The Simplest State Variable Model 2.4 An Algorithm for the Dynamic Programming Equation 2.5 Elaborations of the Simplest Model 2.6 Discussion Appendices 2.1 ...
... patch selection when different patches have different levels of resource abundance and different risks of preda- tion . Modeling this situation has until recently been considered quite beyond the scope of mathematical treatment . We ...
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Contents
Fundamentals | 9 |
Basic Probability | 11 |
12 Discrete Random Variables and Distributions | 15 |
13 Conditional Expectation | 18 |
Patch Selection | 41 |
22 Biological Examples | 42 |
23 The Simplest State Variable Model | 45 |
24 An Algorithm for the Dynamic Programming Equation | 52 |
51 Diel Vertical Migrations of Zooplankton | 152 |
52 Diel Migrations of Planktivores | 165 |
53 Predictions of Zooplankton Migrations | 178 |
Parental Allocation and Clutch Size in Birds | 182 |
61 A SingleYear Model of Parental Allocation and Clutch Size | 183 |
62 A MultiYear Model of Parental Allocation and Clutch Size | 192 |
63 Hypothesis Generation and Testing Dynamic Behavioral Models | 195 |
Movement of Spiders and Raptors | 198 |
25 Elaborations of the Simplest Model | 58 |
26 Discussion | 63 |
How to Write a Computer Program | 82 |
Applications | 105 |
The Hunting Behavior of Lions | 107 |
31 The Serengeti Lion | 108 |
32 Some Possible Explanations of Lions Hunting Behavior | 109 |
33 A Dynamic Model | 113 |
34 Communal Sharing | 121 |
35 Discussion | 124 |
Reproduction in Insects | 126 |
42 A Model with Mature Eggs Only | 131 |
43 A Model with Mature Eggs and Oocytes | 142 |
44 Parasitism and Density Dependence | 143 |
45 Discussion | 148 |
Migrations of Aquatic Organisms | 149 |
71 Movement of OrbWeaving Spiders | 199 |
72 Population Consequences of Natal Dispersal | 204 |
Additional Topics | 213 |
Formulation and Solution of State Variable Models | 215 |
81 Identifying State Variables Constraints and Dynamics | 217 |
Fitness | 223 |
83 The Dynamic Programming Algorithm | 225 |
84 Alternative Modeling Approaches | 233 |
Some Extensions of the Dynamic Modeling Approach | 247 |
92 Dynamic Behavioral Games | 259 |
Epilogue Perspectives on Dynamic Modeling | 280 |
References | 289 |
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