We review the evidence for a link between consistent among-individual variation in
behaviour (animal personality) and the ability to win contests over limited resources …

Competition for resources is a ubiquitous feature of life, and a central topic in behavioral
ecology. Organisms use assessment strategies to resolve contests, which can be delineated …

Insects display a staggering diversity of mating and social behaviours. Studying these
systems provides insights into a wide range of evolutionary and behavioural questions, such …

Various game theory models have been used to explain animal contests. Here we attend to
the presumed cognitive abilities required by these models with respect to information …

Contest theory predicts the evolution of a stable mixture of different strategies for fighting.
Here, we investigate the possibility that stable between-individual differences in startle …

Animal contests vary greatly in behavioural tactics used and intensity reached, with some
encounters resolved without physical contact while others escalate to damaging fighting …

Highlights•Animal contest theory assumes that attacks result in damage to the receiver
only.•However, the attacker often damages itself while inflicting injury on its opponent.•We …

In this chapter we outline and discuss statistical approaches to the analysis of contest data,
with an emphasis on testing key predictions and assumptions of the theoretical models …

Since the 1970's, models based on evolutionary game theory, such as war of attrition (WOA),
energetic war of attrition (E‐WOA), cumulative assessment model (CAM) and sequential …

Understanding animal contests has benefited greatly from employing the concept of fighting
ability, termed resource-holding potential (RHP), with body size/weight typically used as a …