Dispersal is a life history trait that, viewed from both an ecological and a genetic perspective,
has profound effects on populations. Dispersal is a demographic process that needs to be …

The world's oceans are now attracting the serious attention of conservationists.
Paradoxically, as the value of marine biological diversity is recognized, the ecosystems that …

Every form of behaviour is shaped by trial and error. Such stepwise adaptation can occur
through individual learning or through natural selection, the basis of evolution. Since the …

Evolutionary games are introduced as models for repeated anonymous strategic interaction.
The basic idea is that actions (or behaviors) which are more" fit," given the current …

A systematic, rigorous, comprehensive, and unified overview of evolutionary game theory.
This text offers a systematic, rigorous, and unified presentation of evolutionary game theory …

We analyze an evolutionary model with a finite number of players and with noise or
mutations. The expansion and contraction of strategies is linked--as usual--to their current …

Evolutionary game dynamics is the application of population dynamical methods to game
theory. It has been introduced by evolutionary biologists, anticipated in part by classical …

The concept of an evolutionary stable strategy (ESS) is a useful tool for studying the
dynamics of natural selection. One of its limitations, however, is that it does not capture the …

Axelrod's model of the evolution of cooperation was based on the iterated Prisoner's
Dilemma. Empirical work following this approach has helped establish the prevalence of …

In this work, George C. Williams--one of evolutionary biology's most distinguished scholars--
examines the mechanisms and meaning of natural selection in evolution. Williams offers his …