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behavioural ecology

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By: Rowan Arthur
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Decks in this class (15)

1. Natural Selection and Behaviour
What is a proximate explanation,
What is an ultimate explanation,
Why do starlings sing in spring p...
9  cards
2. Economic Decisions
What kind of decisions are econom...,
How do you test if something is b...,
Total foraging time is found by w...
18  cards
3. Competing for Resources
When does competition arise,
What are the two ends of the comp...,
When would scramble competition o...
13  cards
4. Fighting and Assessment
What are some sources of conflict...,
When are fights most intense,
Which mating systems show the gre...
12  cards
5. Animal Communication
What is communication,
What is a cue,
What is a signal
30  cards
6. Predators
Four ways of reducing predation,
What is crypsis,
Define mobbing behaviour
14  cards
7. Living in Groups
What are some of the costs of agg...,
What are the benefits of aggregat...,
Aside from many eyes dilution eff...
14  cards
8. Mating Systems
What is monogamy,
What is polygyny,
What is polyandry
33  cards
9. Sexual Selection
What is intra sexual selection,
What is inter sexual selection,
What is anisogamy
18  cards
10. Social Evolution
Define eusociality,
What are the four classifications...,
What are the four ways cooperatio...
16  cards
11. Social Insects
What are the 3 prerequisites for ...,
What are the two types of eusocia...,
Define totipotency
6  cards
12. Cooperative Breeding
What is cooperative breeding,
What are social breeders,
What are communal breeders
19  cards
13. Family Conflict
What are the three common types o...,
Why does parent offspring conflic...,
What does trivers model predict a...
13  cards
14. Cooperation and Mutualism
What is cooperation,
What is intraspecific cooperation...,
What are interspecific mutualisms
20  cards
15. Human Behavioural Ecology
What four things have been shaped...,
Around 10 000 years ago what occu...,
Around 8 000 years ago most human...
31  cards

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