Dynamic modeling in behavioral ecology / Marc Mangel, Colin W. Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mangel, Marc, Author.

Clark, Colin Whitcomb, 1931- Author.

Series:

Monographs in behavior and ecology.

Monographs in behavior and ecology ; 63

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal behavior--Mathematical models.

Animal behavior.

Animal behavior--Data processing.

Animal ecology--Mathematical models.

Animal ecology.

Animal ecology--Data processing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 308 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This 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. The authors show how to construct and use dynamic behavioral models. Part I covers the mathematical background and computer programming, and then uses a paradigm of foraging under risk of predation to exemplify the general modeling technique. Part II consists of five "applied" chapters illustrating the scope of the dynamic modeling approach. They treat hunting behavior in lions, reproduction in insects, migrations of aquatic organisms, clutch size and parental care in birds, and movement of spiders and raptors. Advanced topics, including the study of dynamic evolutionarily stable strategies, are discussed in Part III.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

I. Fundamentals

II. Applications

III. Additional Topics

Epilogue Perspectives on Dynamic Modeling

References

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-302) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

9780691206967

0691206961

OCLC:

1143845401