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Preferred term

evolutionarily stable strategy

Is replaced by

evolutionarily stable strategy

Definition

[Henderson's] in evolutionary theory, a behaviour pattern or strategy which, if most of the population adopt it, cannot be bettered by any other strategy and will therefore tend to become established by natural selection. Using games theory the results of various different strategies (e.g. in contests between males) can be worked out and a theoretical ESS determined and compared with actual behaviour.

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Entry terms

ESS
evolutionarily stable strategies

Scope note

MS Academic Keywords

Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0419

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Created 8/3/16, last modified 3/21/22

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