Animal Behaviour

Undergraduate

Why animals do what they do from an evolutionary perspective, and the mechanics of how they do it. Optimality, evolutionarily stable strategies, foraging, escaping predators, communication, sexual reproduction and sexual selection, mating systems, parental care, group-living, territoriality, altruism, genetics of behaviour, sensory processing, hormones and control of behaviours, development, bird song, biological clocks. (3h lab). Prerequisite(s): BIOL 2073 or PSYC 3133 with a minimum grade of C-.