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Migration Dynamics For The Ideal Free Distribution, Ross Cressman, Vlastimil Křivan
Migration Dynamics For The Ideal Free Distribution, Ross Cressman, Vlastimil Křivan
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This article verifies that the ideal free distribution (IFD) is evolutionarily stable, provided the payoff in each patch decreases with an increasing number of individuals. General frequency-dependent models of migratory dynamics that differ in the degree of animal omniscience are then developed. These models do not exclude migration at the IFD where balanced dispersal emerges. It is shown that the population distribution converges to the IFD even when animals are nonideal (i.e., they do not know the quality of all patches). In particular, the IFD emerges when animals never migrate from patches with a higher payoff to patches with a …