Behaviour as a Biological Adaption Flashcards
What is Tail biting?
Harmful - Abnormal social behaviour
What problems does tail biting cause?
What is the triangle of animal health, welfare, and behaviour?
Animal behaviour biology can cause health + welfare problems + vis versa
What can horse crib-biting lead to?
Tooth wear,
Loss of bc
Osteoarthritis
What can calves cross-sucking lead to?
Abscesses
Teat malformation
List behavioural indicating health + welfare problems
What is Tinbergen’s Four Questions + Their purpose
4 Complementary categories of explanation for behaviours
Mechanism - How does it work?
Function - What is it for?
Evolution - How did it evolve?
Development - How did it develop in the animal?
Can you put Tingergen’s Four Questions in with Starlings Singing?
What is the purpose of Proximate & Ultimate explanations?
As broader levels of anaylsis + explanation
Proximate explanation
Ultimate explanation
Eg. Females are synchronous in oestrus, give the proximate + ultimate explanations
Eg. Young die when new male takes over pride, give the proximate + ultimate explanations
What are adaptions?
Changes in an animal brought about during evolution by the process of natural selection
How can natural selection work to shape behaviour?
What must be present to allow natural selection to shake behaviour?
How do genes affect behaviour via proteins? Examples
Can you draw a flow diagram explain how natural selection works?
Can you draw a flow diagram explaining how artificial selection works?
What is artificial selection aiming towards + the downsides of it?
