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Behavioural ecology

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Week 1
What is behavioural ecology,
Darwins theory of evolution there...,
What is natural selection
37  cards
Lung and Childress 2007 - evidence for function adaptation to survival
Where was this study conducted,
Study species,
Background on study site
8  cards
Unck et al 2009 - evidence for function adaptation to survival
What was the study species,
What did they look at,
What does evidence indicate about...
6  cards
week 2 - parental care
Define fitness,
Define reproductive success,
Female reproductive success is li...
34  cards
week 3 - sexual selection
What did charles darwin write abo...,
What is sexual selection,
What is sexual dimorphism in animals
38  cards
week 4 - mammal vocal comm and reproductive success
Fallow deer have a ___ ____ matin...,
Fallow deer have intense ___ comp...,
Fallow deer are one of the only d...
23  cards
week 4 - communication general
What is communication,
Does communication always just in...,
What are the different modes anim...
14  cards
week 5 - learning behaviour
Much of the early research on ani...,
What is imprinting,
Define learning
47  cards
week 6 - nature vs nurture - genes vs environment
In the 1970s what were peoples be...,
In the late 80s 90s what were peo...,
Experiment on the development of ...
10  cards

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