Here\'s an application of game theory to a different kind of game. You note that
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Here's an application of game theory to a different kind of game. You note that herons may adopt one of 3 strategies for fishing, defending a fishing territory from other birds, gleaning fish from the water by walking continuously, and stealing fish from other birds. Although each strategy affects the others, they do not add in the simple way that the models above assume. Instead, you empirically measure the payoffs when different strategies compete, in terms of the number of fish captured per hour. The payoff table for a particular swamp is listed below. Which strategy or strategies will be favored by natural selection? Is there an ESS? Why?Explanation / Answer
Based on the pay-off table we can see that Gleaning-Gleaning has the maximum payoff since it results in the maximum fish captured per hour,which is 7.
Hence the Gleaning strategy is the most favored in nature !
This is not an ESS since if snatchers appear in the Gleaning territory, the payoff is only 5 fish per hour !