Article ID: | iaor2002248 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 156 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 257 |
End Page Number: | 265 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2000 |
Journal: | American Naturalist |
Authors: | Djemai I., Meyhofer R., Casas J. |
Keywords: | game theory |
Avoiding detection by parasitoids is nearly impossible for most leafminers in their visually striking mines, and they often suffer from high mortality rate by a great variety of parasitoid species. The leafminer–parasitoid interaction bears a strong resemblance to the princess–monster game developed in game theory, in which a ‘monster’ (parasitoid) selects an optimal search strategy to capture the ‘princess’ (leafminer), while the princess selects an optimal strategy to hide from the monster. This article attempts to illustrate and to quantify the additional complexity that occurs when the princess can modify the arena in which the monster searches. Feeding activity of the leafminer