Limited resources and evolutionary learning may help to understand the mistimed reproduction in birds caused by climate change

DOI10.1016/J.TPB.2008.04.002zbMATH Open1210.92048arXiv0804.3485OpenAlexW2128684831WikidataQ31157128 ScholiaQ31157128MaRDI QIDQ615490FDOQ615490

Authors: Sumit K. Garg 

Publication date: 5 January 2011

Published in: Theoretical Population Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present an agent-based model inspired by the Evolutionary Minority Game (EMG), albeit strongly adapted to the case of competition for limited resources in ecology. The agents in this game become able, after some time, to predict the a priori best option as a result of an evolution-driven learning process. We show that a self-segregated social structure can emerge from this process, i.e., extreme learning strategies are always favoured while intermediate learning strategies tend to die out. This result may contribute to understanding some levels of organization and cooperative behaviour in ecological and social systems. We use the ideas and results reported here to discuss an issue of current interest in ecology: the mistimings in egg laying observed for some species of bird as a consequence of their slower rate of adaptation to climate change in comparison with that shown by their prey. Our model supports the hypothesis that habitat-specific constraints could explain why different populations are adapting differently to this situation, in agreement with recent experiments.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.3485

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zbMATH Keywords

climate changepredator-preylimited resourcesevolutionary learning

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Models of societies, social and urban evolution (91D10) Ecology (92D40) Evolutionary games (91A22)

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