The logic of animal conflict. (English) Zbl 1369.92134

Maynard Smith, J.; Price, G. R.

Nature, London 246, No. 5427, 15-18 (1973).

Summary: Conflicts between animals of the same species usually are of “limited war” type, not causing serious injury. This is often explained as due to group or species selection for behaviour benefiting the species rather than individuals. Game theory and computer simulation analyses show, however, that a “limited war” strategy benefits individual animals as well as the species.

MSC:

92D50	Animal behavior
92D25	Population dynamics (general)
91A80	Applications of game theory

Keywords:

limited war