Evolution as a result of resource flow in ecosystems: Ecological dynamics can drive evolution.

ABSTRACT: To see how the flow of energy across ecosystems can derive evolution, I introduce a framework in which individuals interact with their peers and environment to accumulate resources, and use the resources to pay for their metabolic costs, grow and reproduce. I show that two conservation principles determine the system's equilibrium state: conservation of resources- a physical principle stating that in the equilibrium, resource production and consumption should balance, and payoff equality- an economic principle, stating that the payoffs of different types in equilibrium should equal. Besides the equilibrium state, the system shows non-equilibrium fluctuations derived by the exponential growth of the individuals in which the payoff equality principle does not hold. A simple gradient-ascend d

SUBMITTER: Salahshour M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10553275 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature