Stability in Evolutionary Ecology
Informations
- Funding country
Hungary- Acronym
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- URL
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- Start date
- 4/20/2006
- End date
- 12/31/2009
- Budget
- 20,408 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thematic Programme | Grant | 4/20/2006 | 12/31/2009 | 20,408 EUR |
Abstract
The basic questions of the first part are the following: Let us consider two bee and two plant species, in which the nectar stock can be exhausted. What is the density dependent evolutionarily stable food preference? In case of a three-level food chain, when do evolutionarily-ecologically stable food preferences exist, if choosing different preys represent different risks for the non-top predators? Let us consider a one predator-two prey system. Assume that the risk of predation is high in the habitat where food is abundant, while in the safe habitat the food is scarce. The question is: what are the evolutionary stable habitat choices? Elaborate an evolutionary-ecological model describing the speciation in terms of the dynamic evolutionary stability concept introduced by us, which is able to deal with evolving non-continuous traits and establishes a connection between the theory of punctuated equilibria of paleontology and evolutionary game theory. The second part of the project is aimed at the set-up of such a complex game-theoretical model concerning social animals, in which the reproduction strategies, the defense of the habitat and the hunting territory of the group against individuals of their own or other species, the acquisition of food and ranking conflicts within the group can be taken into consideration at the same time.