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Ecology Week 2 Chapter 51: Behavioral Ecology J Liu September ____, 2008 Ethology • Study of how animals behave Movement • Kinesis • Taxis • Migration Communication • Pheromones • Bird Songs Fixed Action Pattern • Innate • Sign stimulus Imprinting • Sensitive period • Learned and innate Learning • • • • Habituation Spatial Learning—landmarks Cognitive Maps Associative Learning – Classical Conditioning – Operant Conditioning • Cognition/Problem Solving • Genetic/Environmental Influence Social Learning • Mate Choice Copying • Alarm Calls Foraging Behavior • Optimal foraging theory – Energy – Predators Mating Behavior • Mating Systems – Promiscuous – Long-term: monogamous, polygamous • Mate Choice/Competition – Agonistic Behavior Inclusive Fitness and Altruism • Altruism—helping other individual at personal expense • Inclusive Fitness (Hamilton’s Rule/Kin Selection) • Reciprocal Altruism
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