Game Theory in Biology

The following sections are included:

• 1 Introduction

• 2 Dynamics and Evolution

  • B.l Stability of Equilibria

  • B.2 Dynamic Stability and the ESS Conditions

  • B.3 The Dynamics of Mixed Strategies

  • B.4 Sex Games

• 3 Superparasitism in Parasitic Wasps: An Application of Game Theory

• 4 Summary and Conclusions

• References

• Appendix. Evolutionary Game Theory: A Physicist's Primer

  • A.l Payoffs and Strategies

  • A.2 Mixed Strategies

  • A.3 Other Types of Games

  • A.4 Evolutionary Games

    • A.4.1 The Hawk-Dove game

    • A.4.2 Evolutionarily Stable Strategies