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The evolution of juvenile-adult interactions in populations structured in age and space

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  • Lion, Sébastien
  • van Baalen, Minus

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We study the evolution of a spatially structured population with two age classes using spatial moment equations. In the model, adults can either help juveniles by increasing their survival, or adopt a cannibalistic behaviour and consume juveniles. While cannibalism is the sole evolutionary outcome when the population is well-mixed, both cannibalism and parental care can be evolutionarily stable if the population is viscous. Our analysis allows us to make two main technical points. First, we present a method to define invasion fitness in class-structured viscous populations, which allows us to apply adaptive dynamics methodology. Second, we show that ordinary pair approximation introduces an important quantitative bias in the evolutionary model, even on random networks. We propose a correction to the ordinary pair approximation that yields quantitative accuracy, and discuss how the bias associated with this approach is precisely what allows us to identify subtle aspects associated with the evolutionary dynamics of spatially structured populations.

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  • Lion, Sébastien & van Baalen, Minus, 2009. "The evolution of juvenile-adult interactions in populations structured in age and space," Theoretical Population Biology, Elsevier, vol. 76(2), pages 132-145.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:thpobi:v:76:y:2009:i:2:p:132-145
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2009.05.005
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