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Animal Behaviour and Evolution

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By: Abby Sparrow
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Decks in this class (13)

Lecture 1: Introduction to Animal Behaviour and Evolution
Who wrote the first textbook on a...,
What was aristotle s book about,
What was aristotle interested in
19  cards
Tutorial 1 - All about Tinbergen's Four Questions
What are tinbergen s proximate qu...,
What are tinbergen s ultimate que...,
What is control
10  cards
Lecture 2 - Causation and Development of Behaviour
What stimuli causes a neuroendocr...,
What stimuli gives an experientia...,
What factors cause behaviour
33  cards
Lecture 3 - The Function & Evolution of Animal Behaviour
What does it mean to have a function,
What is the definition of selection,
What is selection for survival
37  cards
Lecture 4 - The Four Questions Applied to Behavioural Ecology
What two groups do species fall i...,
Specialists example,
Specialists example
25  cards
Lecture 5 - Practical Applications - Conservation and Animal Welfare
What was the decline in biodivers...,
Example of how conservation can work,
What is in situ conservation
8  cards
Practical 1 - Arms Race
What proportion of species does a...,
What is the main reason for arms ...,
What are the three evolutionary c...
6  cards
Lecture 6 - Mate Choice and Sexual Selection
During mating season what happens...,
What do female praying mantis do ...,
What are the two male mating stra...
38  cards
Tutorial 3 - Selection and Individual Variation
What are genes,
What are examples of attributes,
What is smoother the more that ge...
13  cards
Lecture 7 - The Basis of Evolution by Natural Selection
What are the three possible theor...,
What is evolution,
What are the 4 kinds of evolution
33  cards
Lecture 8 - Behaviour and Speciation
Species may arise because,
What is post isolation,
Speciation is an process
25  cards
Lecture 9 - Non-Genetic Transmission
How do common and black redstart ...,
What is the emien funnel,
How is migration driven
26  cards
Lecture 10 - Social Behaviour
What are the patterns of social o...,
What are closed groups,
What kind of breeding occurs in c...
31  cards

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