strategies and adaptations

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Lecture 1- Optimal Foraging and Evolutionary Stable Strategies
What are tinbergen s 4 questions,
Models that can be used for predi...,
Phenotypic gambit
15  cards
Lecture 2- Life history strategies I
What is a life history strategy,
3 examples of life history traits,
What is a darwinian demon
18  cards
Lecture 3- Life history strategies II
What is the difference between ag...,
Weismann s theory,
Medawar 1952
14  cards
Lecture 4- Animal Signals
Example of complex signalling,
Example of more clear signalling,
Example of false signalling
19  cards
Lecture 5- Predation avoidance
Examples of useful predation avoi...,
Hamiltons dilution idea,
What is escape and hiding
20  cards
Lecture 6- Evolution of Sex
4 processes useful to sexual repr...,
What is syngamy,
What is the twofold cost of sex
28  cards
Lecture 7- Sexual selection
Example of a sexually selected tr...,
What is anisogamy,
Bateman gradient
17  cards
Lecture 8- Sexual conflict
Why are females more disposed to ...,
How can parental care in females ...,
Operational sex ratio
13  cards
Lecture 9- Plant mating systems and reproductive strategies
2 main types of plant reproductiv...,
Conditions which may lead to outb...,
Conditions which may lead to selfing
18  cards
Lecture 10- Sex allocation
Foundational sex ratio theory,
Local resource enhancement,
Example of local resource enhance...
9  cards
Lecture 11- Conflict and aggression I
Hamilton s rule,
Types of inter family conflict,
Shape of the cost benefit parenta...
16  cards
Lecture 12- Conflict and aggression II
What is v c,
When can a mixed dove hawk popula...,
How does frequency dependent sele...
17  cards
Lecture 13- Parental care and investment
Parental care,
Parental expenditure,
Parental investment
16  cards
Lecture 14- The evolution of eusociality
Wilson definition of eusociality,
Why is the wilson definition gene...,
Alternative eusociality definition
10  cards
Lecture 15- Sex allocation conflict in eusocial species
Haplodiploidy,
Haplodiploid sibling relationships,
Optimal sex allocation for queens...
10  cards
Lecture 16- Policing and conflict resolution in social insects
Potential conflict,
Actual conflict,
Conflict resolution
16  cards

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