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Question 1

Behavior

Answer 1

Individually an action carried out by the muscles or glands under control of the nervous system in response to external cues

Question 2

Behavioral ecology

Answer 2

The scientific field concerned with behavior in an evolutionary context.

Question 3

proximate questions

Answer 3

In animal behavior, a question that concerns the immediate reason for a behavior.

Question 4

stimuli

Answer 4

a factor that triggers a specific response

Question 5

proximate causes

Answer 5

In animal behavior, a condition in an animal’s internal or external environment that is the immediate reason or mechanism for a behavior.