Animal Behaviour Flashcards
1
Q
What are three key points about animal behaviours?
A
They are selfish e.g great tits, they have a genetic component to their behaviour, e.g. Drosophila mutants, they are economic decision makers so optimality modelling seeks to find out what trade offs are needed between costs and benefits to have maximum net fitness.
2
Q
What are the four Nico tinbergen questions and give examples of animal behaviours discussed in terms of these questions.
A
Ontogeny, causation, phylogeny and functional. Robins and Serengeti lions
