Callers and satellites: chorus behaviour in anurans as a stochastic dynamic game

Lucas, Jeffrey R.; Howard, Richard D.; Palmer, Joseph G.

doi:10.1006/anbe.1996.0056

Cited by 70 publications

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“…Not surprisingly, leks are less likely to form on "marginal" days if females are more strongly attracted to large leks or if the general predation risk on the lek is elevated. The lack of an effect on behavior caused by leksize-dependent predation risk and the presence of lek-size dependence in response to female arrival rates supports similar results derived by Lucas and Howard (1995) and Lucas et al (1996) in their model of alternative mating tactics in anurans. These results suggest that a rough estimate of predation risk is sufficient to characterize the salient features of the effect of predation on lekking behavior.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

How Predation Risk Affects the Temporal Dynamics of Avian Leks: Greater Sage Grouse versus Golden Eagles

Boyko

Gibson

Lucas

2004

The American Naturalist

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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How Predation Risk Affects the Temporal Dynamics of Avian Leks: Greater Sage Grouse versus Golden Eagles

Boyko

Gibson

Lucas

2004

The American Naturalist

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“…Sometimes such games can be solved analytically (e.g., Iwasa and Odendaal, 1984), but usually this is not possible. For example, Lucas and Howard (1995) and Lucas, Howard, and Palmer (1996) modeled the calling decisions of male frogs over the season. Alonzo and Warner (2000) analyzed the competitive interactions between territorial and nonterritorial male fish over the breeding season.…”

Section: The Cost Of Obtaining a Matementioning

confidence: 99%

Optimality Models in Behavioral Biology

McNamara¹,

Houston²,

Collins³

2001

SIAM Rev.

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The action of natural selection results in organisms that are good at surviving and reproducing. We show how this intuitive idea can be given a formal definition in terms of fitness and reproductive value. An optimal strategy maximizes fitness, and reproductive value provides a common currency for comparing different actions. We provide a broad review of models and methods that have been used in this area, stressing the conceptual issues and exposing the logic of evolutionary explanations.

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“…Furthermore, recent studies have demonstrated that there is enough behavioral variability for frogs to decide between strategies, leaving room for individual behavior. An example from the context of anuran mating behavior is that male frogs can decide to call in order to attract females, or take the role of a silent ''satellite male'' trying to mate with females which are on their way to a nearby calling male (Lucas et al, 1996). Also, males can change their calling strategy immediately as a response to the behavior (calling/not calling) of neighboring males (Schwartz et al, 2002), and are able to adjust their amount of aggression according to the fact whether the nearby conspecific rivals are familiar to them or not (Bee and Gerhardt, 2002).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%