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Dynamic models in behavioural and evolutionary ecology

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The maximization of fitness is often used to analyse the action of natural selection on the life history of animals but short periods of behaviour receive ad hoc treatment. This article describes a dynamic, stochastic model for analysing behaviour in terms of the maximization of fitness.

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Houston, A., Clark, C., McNamara, J. et al. Dynamic models in behavioural and evolutionary ecology. Nature 332, 29–34 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/332029a0

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