APS 209: Animal behaviour

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1: intro
The 2 main questions to ask about...,
Give an example for each of these...,
What are the series of steps foll...
32  cards
SR1: Vallin et al 2005- peacock butterfly defence
What is the scientific name for t...,
As blue tit predators approach th...,
What does the lower wing surface ...
22  cards
2: counterintuitive Darwinian logic of NS
What are the proximate causes for...,
What are the ultimate causes for ...,
What is infanticide in hanuman la...
30  cards
SR2: Bell et al 2014- benefits to dominant meerkats
What does subordinate reproductio...,
What is the meerkat species studi...,
Why do breeding dominants like to...
26  cards
SR2: Deal et al 2017 - filial cannibalism
What is the main species studied ...,
What did they look at the exposur...,
When did the number of eggs eaten...
29  cards
3: feeding behaviour
What are predators and prey often...,
What did tinbergen observe about ...,
What did pietrewicz and kamil do ...
38  cards
SR3: Srinivasan et al 2000-honeybee navigation
What are the 2 theories for how h...,
How did the study test the hypoth...,
What was found to be visually driven
30  cards
SR3: Sherman + Visscher 2002- honeybee colony fitness by dancing
What is dance language hypothesis...,
How do colonies with disorientate...,
When is food location information...
29  cards
4: Optimal foraging
Why can we make precise predictio...,
What is the optimality logic,
What is optimality modeling used ...
34  cards
5: avoiding predation
What is adaptation in what 2 ways...,
Is every factor that reduces pred...,
List the 3 main ways that not all...
44  cards
6: Sexual selection
What is darwins theory of ns 2,
What is the problem with ns also ...,
What is ss and what are the 2 mai...
45  cards
SR 6/7: Pryke 2010- female multiple mating and sperm competition
What did the study show that fema...,
What did the study show about the...,
In socially monogamous systems wh...
32  cards
SR 6/7: Albo 2013- sperm storage and cryptic female choice for nuptial gifts
Where nuptial gifts facilitate fe...,
What was the study species,
What did the study quantify
44  cards
7: evolution of sex
What can gametes either be,
What is the evolutionary origin o...,
If we assume mutant gametes are h...
50  cards
8: Adèlie penguin seminar
What may prevent male mallards fr...,
What does it mean if the male mal...,
In american kestrels why cant mal...
60  cards
9: maths in behaviour
What theory did wdhamilton come u...,
What are each of the component pa...,
In terms of r genetic relatedness...
42  cards
10: mating systems
What 4 things are included in a m...,
List the 4 mating systems,
What do social mating systems not...
34  cards
11: cooperative breeding
What are cooperative breeders,
How many are cooperative a bird s...,
What are the 2 main social organi...
35  cards
SR11: Wright 2009- helping effort increases with relatedness in bell minors
Helping by non relatives requires...,
What were the 3 main things observed,
What is the positive effect
43  cards
SR11: Green+ Hatchwell 2016- helper effort variation in cooperatively breeding birds
What does the inclusive fitness t...,
What was the comparative analysis of,
What increases as mean relatednes...
32  cards
12: eusociality
What are the 3 main orders with e...,
Within hymenoptera how many speci...,
In isoptera how many species are ...
36  cards
13: brood parasitism
What do brood parasites parasitize,
What do intraspecific parasites o...,
List 5 examples of intraspecific ...
33  cards
SR14: Flower 2014-deception by alarm mimicry in drongos
Deception is common but what will...,
What was the study species,
What do the drongos do that could...
19  cards
SR14:Spottiswoode 2016- honeyguide human mutualism
What does the mutualism involve,
What is it an example of,
What does the specialised vocal s...
23  cards
14: communication
List 2 examples of interspecific ...,
What is the bluegill sunfish exam...,
What is the bolas spider example ...
34  cards

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