A game-theoretical model of kleptoparasitic behavior in an urban gull (Laridae) population

Robert Spencer, Mark Broom and David StephensHandling Editor

Behavioral Ecology, 2018, vol. 29, issue 1, 60-78

Abstract: Mathematical modeling was applied to food stealing behavior in an urban gull population. Gulls competed for food and the numbers of gulls searching for and fighting over food in the population may be at stable levels predicted by the model. Five optimal stealing and defensive strategies for individuals were identified, all of these strategies were observed, with more aggressive strategies occurring in environmental conditions where they were the best behavioral decision available.

Keywords: evolutionary game theory; evolutionarily stable strategies; kleptoparasitism; Laridae; social foraging; urban gulls (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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