Modelling optimal behavioural strategies in structured populations using a novel theoretical framework.

ABSTRACT: Understanding complex behavioural patterns of organisms observed in nature can be facilitated using mathematical modelling. The conventional paradigm in animal behavior modelling consists of maximisation of some evolutionary fitness function. However, the definition of fitness of an organism or population is generally subjective, and using different criteria can lead us to contradictory model predictions regarding optimal behaviour. Moreover, structuring of natural populations in terms of individual size or developmental stage creates an extra challenge for theoretical modelling. Here we revisit and formalise the definition of evolutionary fitness to describe long-term selection of strategies in deterministic self-replicating systems for generic modelling settings which involve an arbitrar

SUBMITTER: Morozov A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6803682 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature