Behavioral ecology is the study of" how behavior is influenced by natural selection in
relation to ecological conditions'(p. ix). The first edition of this book (1978) defined the field; …

Ecology is that branch of science that aims at explaining the relationships between
organisms and their physical and biotic environments. Model building is generally used in …

Optimality approaches incorporating a consideration of the current costs and benefits of
particular actions are used to consider which behavioural strategies are likely to be the most …

Intended for graduate and upper level undergraduate courses in behavioural ecology where
students are already familiar with the basic ideas, this book continues to define the subject …

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Game theory has revolutionized the study of animal behavior. The fundamental principle of
evolutionary game theory--that the strategy adopted by one individual depends on the …

The chapter begins with a general justification for using non-genetic models to study
adaptation. This is extremely important because the genetics of interesting traits is rarely …

Editors' Summary: Eric Smith in this chapter expands on some of the ideas presented in the
previous chapter to outline the field of evolutionary ecology, a rapidly developing area in …

Though the first attempts to introduce game theory into evolutionary biology failed, new
formalism by Maynard Smith and Price in 1973 had almost instant success. We use …

A strategy is an unconscious behavior program, a candidate for natural selection in
competition with alternative strategies. The 'evolutionarily stable strategy'(ESS) is the result …