Vacancies in growing habitats promote the evolution of cooperation

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We study evolutionary game dynamics in a growing habitat with vacancies. Fitness is determined by the global effect of the environment and a local prisoner's dilemma among neighbors. We study population growth on a one-dimensional lattice and analyze how the environment affects evolutionary competition. As the environment becomes harsh, an absorbing phase transition from growing populations to extinction occurs. The transition point depends on which strategies are present in the population. In particular, we find a 'cooperative window' in parameter space, where only cooperators can survive. A mutant defector in a cooperative community might briefly proliferate, but over time naturally occurring vacancies separate cooperators from defectors, thereby driving defectors to extinction. Our model reveals that vacancies provide a strong boost for cooperation by spatial selection.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:575

Enthalten in:

Journal of theoretical biology - 575(2023) vom: 07. Nov., Seite 111629

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Park, Hye Jin [VerfasserIn]
Hilbe, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Nowak, Martin A [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Beom Jun [VerfasserIn]
Jeong, Hyeong-Chai [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Evolution of cooperation
Journal Article
Phase transition
Population dynamics
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 20.11.2023

Date Revised 27.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jtbi.2023.111629

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362957908