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Behavioural Biology

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By: Alice Byar
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Decks in this class (12)

Lecture 1: Introduction
Why should we study animal behaviour,
What are the four paradigms of st...,
Define ethogram
9  cards
Lecture 2: Neurological Mechanisms
What does the mesoderm form,
What does the endoderm form,
What does the ectoderm form
5  cards
Lecture 3: Endocrine
Define hormones,
What type of cell releases hormones,
How are hydrophilic hormones secr...
14  cards
Lecture 4: Development & Life Stages
What is js,
What is parent offspring conflict,
Why do some organisms play
9  cards
Lecture 5: Individual Decisions
What is charnovs marginal value t...
1  cards
Lecture 6: Behavioural Evolution - Mechanisms & Constraints
Define evolution,
Define adaptation,
Define fitness
10  cards
Lecture 7: Communication
Define communication,
Define signal,
Define display
10  cards
Lecture 8: Learning, Cognition & Culture
What are the origins of behaviour,
Define innate releaser sign stimulus,
Define fixed action pattern
22  cards
Lecture 9: Mating Systems
Define mating system,
What limits a males reproductive ...,
What limits a females reproductiv...
31  cards
Lecture 10: Human Behavioural Ecology
Define social darwinism,
What is the naturalistic fallacy,
Why are humans considered different
10  cards
Lecture 11: Kin and Group Selection
What is altruism,
What causes individuals sometimes...,
Define haploidiploid
5  cards
Lecture 12: Behaviour and Conservation
Define conservation biology,
Define conservation behaviour,
Define ecological trap
4  cards

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