State-dependent mortality can enhance behavioral unpredictability
Abstract Background Although behavioral unpredictability is widely described within-individual variability in behavior, its adaptive significance is little understood. Using a dynamic state variable model, this study investigated the conditions under which behavioral unpredictability (a component of...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-06-01
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Series: | BMC Ecology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12898-020-00303-9 |