u/P_strain

I have been reading old stuff from Maynard and Price (1973 the logic of animal conflict (https://www.nature.com/articles/246015a0)

One thing I do not understand in the result they show when they compare the five strat is the column where the mouse gets 19.5 pts versus the Hawk.

Hawk get 80 versus mouse, which make sense (60 for winning and 20 for having a quick victory).

now when the mouse play the Hawk, the mouse posture, hawk attack. Mouse then retreat. so mouse gets 20 for quick end to game. assuming it was not armed in the fight (10% odds), it got a scratch (-2) from the attack of the hawk it should have a maximun of 18 pts.

And so, how does the mouse get to 19.5? thanks!

I have been reading old stuff from Maynard and Price (1973 the logic of animal conflict (https://www.nature.com/articles/246015a0)

One thing I do not understand in the result they show when they compare the five strat is the column where the mouse gets 19.5 pts versus the Hawk.

Hawk get 80 versus mouse, which make sense (60 for winning and 20 for having a quick victory).

now when the mouse play the Hawk, the mouse posture, hawk attack. Mouse then retreat. so mouse gets 20 for quick end to game. assuming it was not armed in the fight (10% odds), it got a scratch (-2) from the attack of the dove it should have a maximun of 18 pts.

And so, how does the mouse get to 19.5? thanks!