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Investors and Exploiters in Ecology and Economics: Principles and Applications

Investors and Exploiters in Ecology and Economics: Principles and Applications

Giraldeau, Luc-Alain
Heeb, Philipp
Kosfeld, Michael

Paperback

Series: Strüngmann Forum Reports

EconomicsEvolution

ISBN10: 0262552000
ISBN13: 9780262552004
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: May 21 2024
Pages: 264
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Experts from the natural and social sciences examine the coexistence of productive and exploitative behavior strategies observable in many species at many levels.

In the natural world, some agents (investors) employ strategies that provide resources, services, or information, while others (exploiters) gain advantages through these efforts. This behavior coexists and can be observed in many species and at many levels. For example, bacteria depend on the existence of biofilms to synthesize constituent proteins; cancerous cells employ angiogenesis to feed a tumor; and parents forgo vaccinating their children yet benefit from herd immunity. Two independent research traditions have developed to analyze this behavior--one couched in evolutionary theory championed by behavioral ecologists, the other in social science concepts advocated by economists. In this book experts from economics, evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, public health, and anthropology look for commonalities in understanding and approach.

The contributors consider parasitic strategies in ecological and economic terms; the governance of natural resources, with insights from producer-scrounger models, forest management, and game theory; human health, discussing therapeutic opportunities, public health economics, and the integration of perspectives; and behavioral, social, and institutional consequences of exploitation strategies.

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