behavioural ecology Flashcards
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Behavioural ecology
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study of ecological and evolutionary basis for animal behaviour
2
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behaviour
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what your muscles do in nervous system
3
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4 Questions to ask to understand animal behaviour
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- causation- what stimulates the behaviours and what physiological mechanisms are apart of the response
- development - how does the animal’s experience during growth and development influence the response
- how does behaviour help animal survive and reproduce
- what’s the evolutionary history behind the behaviour
4
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Behavioural ecology is made of up of two parts
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- proximate causation
2. ultimate causation
5
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- proximate causation
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how a behaviour happens or changes- Tinbergen Question 1 & 2
6
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- ultimate causation
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why a behaviour happens in terms of natural selection- Tinbergen Question 3 & 4
7
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Fixed pattern action
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behaviours that’s not learned, and is directly linked to simple stimulus
you can’t change them
once started, it’s carried to completion
8
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Migration
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a regular, long distance change in location
