behavioral ecology; community dynamics

Mitchell, W.A. and M.J. Angilletta. 2009. Thermal games: frequency-dependent models of thermal adaptation. Functional Ecology (In press). Mitchell, W.A. 2009. Multi-behavioral strategies in a predator-prey game: an evolutionary algorithm analysis. Oikos (In press). Mitchell, W.A. 2007. “Adaptive dynamics, resource conversion efficiency and species diversity”, pp. 287-303. In: Annals of the International Society of Dynamic Games, Vol 9:Advances in Dynamic Game Theory: Numerical Methods, Algorithms, and Applications to Ecology and Economics; Steffen Jorgensen, Marc Quincampoix, Thomas L. Vincent (Eds.) Kilpatrick, A.M., W.A. Mitchell, W.P. Porter, D.J. Currie. 2006. Testing a mechanistic explanation for the latitudinal gradient in mammalian species richness across North America. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 8:333-344. Mitchell, W. A., B. Kotler, J. S.Brown, L. Blaustein, S. Dall. 2004. Species diversity in relation to habitat structure, environmental variability, and species interactions. Chapter 4 in M. Shachak, J. Gosz, S. T. A. Pickett and A. Perevolotsky (eds). Biodiversity in Drylands: Towards a Unified Framework. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Lima, S. L., and W. A. Mitchell, and T. C. Roth. 2003. Predators feeding on behaviourally responsive prey: some implications for classical models of optimal diet choice. Evolutionary Ecology Research 5: 1083-1102. Mitchell, W. A., and S. L. Lima. 2002. Predator-prey shell games: large-scale movement and its implications for decision-making by prey. Oikos 99: 249-259. Mitchell, W. A. and W. P. Porter. 2001. Foraging games and species diversity. Annales Zoologici Fennici 38:89-98. Mitchell, W. A. 2000. Limits to species richness in a continuum of habitat heterogeneity: an ESS approach. Evolutionary Ecology Research 2:293-316. Brown, J. S., B. P. Kotler, and W. A. Mitchell. 1997. Competition between birds and mammals: A comparison of giving-up densities between crested larks and gerbils. Evolutionary Ecology 11: 757-771. Brown, J. S., B. P. Kotler, and W. A. Mitchell. 1994. Foraging theory, patch use and the structure of a Negev Desert Granivore Community. Ecology 75:2286-2300 Mitchell, W. A. and T. J. Valone. 1990. The optimization research program: studying adaptations by their function. Quarterly Review of Biology 65:43-52.