TY - JOUR
T1 - Modelling animal contests based on spatio-temporal dynamics
AU - Haluts, Amir
AU - Jordan, Alex
AU - Gov, Nir S.
N1 - This work was supported by a Minna-James-Heineman-Stiftung research grant (to A.J.). Authors' contributions A.H.: conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation, methodology, software, validation, visualization, writing—original draft, writing—review and editing; A.J.: conceptualization, funding acquisition, supervision, writing—original draft, writing—review and editing; N.S.G.: conceptualization, funding acquisition, investigation, methodology, supervision, writing—original draft, writing—review and editing.
PY - 2023/5/1
Y1 - 2023/5/1
N2 - We present a general theoretical model for the spatio-temporal dynamics of animal contests. Inspired by interactions between physical particles, the model is formulated in terms of effective interaction potentials, which map typical elements of contest behaviour into empirically verifiable rules of contestant motion. This allows us to simulate the observable dynamics of contests in various realistic scenarios, notably in dyadic contests over a localized resource. Assessment strategies previously formulated in game-theoretic models, as well as the effects of fighting costs, can be described as variations in our model's parameters. Furthermore, the trends of contest duration associated with these assessment strategies can be derived and understood within the model. Detailed description of the contestants' motion enables the exploration of spatio-temporal properties of asymmetric contests, such as the emergence of chase dynamics. Overall, our framework aims to bridge the growing gap between empirical capabilities and theory in this widespread aspect of animal behaviour.
AB - We present a general theoretical model for the spatio-temporal dynamics of animal contests. Inspired by interactions between physical particles, the model is formulated in terms of effective interaction potentials, which map typical elements of contest behaviour into empirically verifiable rules of contestant motion. This allows us to simulate the observable dynamics of contests in various realistic scenarios, notably in dyadic contests over a localized resource. Assessment strategies previously formulated in game-theoretic models, as well as the effects of fighting costs, can be described as variations in our model's parameters. Furthermore, the trends of contest duration associated with these assessment strategies can be derived and understood within the model. Detailed description of the contestants' motion enables the exploration of spatio-temporal properties of asymmetric contests, such as the emergence of chase dynamics. Overall, our framework aims to bridge the growing gap between empirical capabilities and theory in this widespread aspect of animal behaviour.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0866
DO - https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0866
M3 - مقالة
C2 - 37221864
SN - 1742-5689
VL - 20
SP - 20220866
JO - Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
JF - Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
IS - 202
M1 - 20220866
ER -