This book introduces game theory and its applications from an applied mathematician's
perspective, systematically developing tools and concepts for game-theoretic modelling in …

In nature, cooperation among individuals is often accompanied by competition among the
same individuals for the cooperatively produced rewards. In such a situation, the evolution of …

Risk recognition by prey is of paramount importance within the evolutionary arms race
between predator and prey. Prey species are able to detect direct predator cues like odors …

Evolutionary conflict and arms races are important drivers of evolution in nature. During
arms races, new abilities in one party select for counterabilities in the second party. This …

The start of actual breeding in male social mammals can occur long after individuals attain
sexual maturity. Mainly prevented from reproduction by older and dominant males, young …

This paper examines multi-battle contests whose extensive form can be represented in
terms of a finite state machine. We start by showing that any contest that satisfies our …

A multitude of factors may determine reproductive skew among cooperative breeders. One
explanation, derived from inclusive fitness theory, is that groups can partition reproduction …

Lanchester's laws of combat are a mathematical framework describing the relative
contributions of individual fighting ability and group size to overall group fighting ability …

In group-living species, the choice of the breeding group and the social rank in the hierarchy
of the group strongly influence an individual's fitness. Yet the causes and consequences of …