A Model of Cannibalism and Reproductive Synchrony

Authors

Jim M. Cushing, The University of ArizonaFollow
Shandelle M. Henson, Andrews UniversityFollow
James L. Hayward, Andrews UniversityFollow

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Publication Date

6-24-2023

Abstract

Motivated by the empirical findings in Chaps. 7 – 9 that egg-laying synchrony is adaptive in the presence of egg cannibalism in gulls, we now extend the proof-of-concept cannibalism model in Chap. 11 to include the possibility of reproductive synchrony.

Volume

57

First Page

235

Last Page

259

Book Title

Modeling Behavior and Population Dynamics: Seabirds, Seals, and Marine Iguanas

Editor

Jim M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, & James L. Hayward

Publisher

Springer

City

Cham, Switzerland

Series

Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics

ISBN

978-3-031-34283-7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34283-7_12

First Department

Mathematics

Second Department

Biology

Recommended Citation

Cushing, Jim M.; Henson, Shandelle M.; and Hayward, James L., "A Model of Cannibalism and Reproductive Synchrony" (2023). Faculty Publications. 5021.
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/pubs/5021