Biology Tutorial II

Topics

• Introduction to Behavioural Ecology
• Optimal Foraging – The Costs of Eating
• Brainy Birds – The Art of Caching
• Resource Defense – Being Territorial
• Living in Groups – Costs and Benefits
• Communication – What’s in a Signal?
• The Ecology of Mating Systems – Monogamy vs Polygamy
• Sexual Selection – Females Being Choosy
• Optimal Clutch Size – Costs and Benefits of Today and Tomorrow
• Brood Parasites – The Evolutionary Arms Race
• Kin Selection – Getting Along with Others (or Not)