Natural selection and context-dependent values

A simple model in which an animal makes a choice between two simultaneously available foraging options is used to show that we cannot expect natural selection to assign an absolute value (based on fitness) to each option. The example shows that the value of an option depends on its context; in parti...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 1997-10, Vol.264 (1387), p.1539-1541
1. Verfasser:	Houston, Alasdair I.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Absolute value Animals Ecological competition Foraging Insect behavior Natural selection Stochastic models
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