How an animal’s behavioural repertoire changes in response to a changing environment: a stochastic model

We describe a stochastic model that simulates how the behavioural repertoires of animals living in complex and stochastic environments change in response to the changing environment. The model incorporates concepts derived from research in three main areas: (a) cognitive models of the environment, (b) the information-primacy hypothesis, and (c) approach/avoidance behaviours to novel and unfamiliar […]