Dynamic Modeling in Behavioral Ecology

by Marc Mangel, Colin W. Clark, Colin Whitcomb Clark

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691085064
• ISBN13: 9780691085067
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"