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Cyclic Competition and Percolation in Grouping Predator-Prey Populations

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  • Alessandra F. Lütz

    (Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, CP 15051, 91501-970 Porto Alegre RS, Brazil)

  • Annette Cazaubiel

    (Normale Supérieure, International Center of Fundamental Physics, 45 Rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris, France)

  • Jeferson J. Arenzon

    (Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, CP 15051, 91501-970 Porto Alegre RS, Brazil)

Abstract

We study, within the framework of game theory, the properties of a spatially distributed population of both predators and preys that may hunt or defend themselves either isolatedly or in group. Specifically, we show that the properties of the spatial Lett-Auger-Gaillard model, when different strategies coexist, can be understood through the geometric behavior of clusters involving four effective strategies competing cyclically,without neutral states. Moreover, the existence of strong finite-size effects, a form of the survival of the weakest effect, is related to a percolation crossover. These results may be generic and of relevance to other bimatrix games.

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  • Alessandra F. Lütz & Annette Cazaubiel & Jeferson J. Arenzon, 2017. "Cyclic Competition and Percolation in Grouping Predator-Prey Populations," Games, MDPI, vol. 8(1), pages 1-9, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jgames:v:8:y:2017:i:1:p:10-:d:89247
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