title: Stability of the replicator equation for a single species with a multi-dimensional continuous trait space.
abstract: The replicator equation model for the evolution of individual behaviors in a single species with a multi-dimensional continuous trait space is developed as a dynamics on the set of probability measures. Stability of monomorphisms in this model using the weak topology is compared to more traditional methods of adaptive dynamics. For quadratic fitness functions and initial normal trait distributions, it is shown that the multi-dimensional continuously stable strategy (CSS) of adaptive dynamics is often relevant for predicting stability of the measure-theoretic model but may be too strong in general. For general fitness functions and trait distributions, the CSS is related to dominance solvability which can be used to characterize local stability for a large class of trait distributions that have no gaps in their supports whereas the stronger neighborhood invader strategy (NIS) concept is needed if the supports are arbitrary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5, Canada. rcressma@wlu.ca
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cressman
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hofbauer
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Riedel
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D005716:Game Theory; D008957:Models, Genetic; D019655:Quantitative Trait, Heritable