Models of Adaptive Behaviour - An Approach Based on State

Klappentext Exciting findings in field of adaptive dynamic modelling of behaviour. Zusammenfassung Models of Adaptive Behaviour sets out a framework for adaptive explanations of behaviour! giving analyses of a range of biological issues such as energy-predation trade-offs! state-dependent life histories! and fluctuating environments. This book will be a revelation for graduate students and researchers interested in behavioural or evolutionary biology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Alasdair I. Houston, Alasdair I. (University of Bristol) Mcnam Houston, Alasdair I. Mcnamara Houston, John M. McNamara
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.08.1999
• EAN: 9780521384803
• ISBN: 978-0-521-38480-3
• No. of pages: 390
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Mathemati
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries