Chapter 11

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Behaviour

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Activities that animals perform in response to an external or internal stimuli

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Aggression

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action designed designed for self defence , to establish a position of hierarchies or for defence of territory

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Caste system

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Formation of specialised groups to carry out different functions In an animal society

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Circadian rhythm

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Refers to a pattern of activity over 24 hours

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Classical conditioning

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Type of learned behaviour in which an animal forms an association between two stimuli one significant and one insignificant so that the response is normally associated with the significant stimulus occurs when only the insignificant stimulus is presented

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Communication

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Transmission of information between animals

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Competition

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Interaction between individuals of the same or different species that use one or more of the same resources in the same ecosystem

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Cooperate

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Refers to the combined action of a group of organisms to achieve an outcome different from that achieved by the individual

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Day neutral plants

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Plants that flower regardless of the length of day

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Echolocation

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It echinacea in which animals emit sound sand detect the presence of object by the echoes that it produced as the sound is reflected

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Ethology

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U study of animal behaviour

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Geotropism

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Response of a shoot or root to gravity

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Habituation

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Type of learned behaviour in which the response to a repeated stimulus gradually drpecreases

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Heliotropism

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Palsy called solar tracking, ability of some plants to move so that they remain perpendicular or parallel to the Suns rays throughout the day

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Imprinting

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Form of rapid and irreversible learning occurring during the early stage of an animals life

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Innate behaviour

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I behaviour that is essentially the same in all members of the species which can occur without an individual having had prior experiences of the behaviour, previously known as instinctive

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Insight learning

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Type of learned behaviour to which an animal applies previous experience to the solution of a new problem

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Learned behaviour

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Behaviours that develop or change as a result of experience

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Long day plants

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Implants that flower when day length increases to a particular critical point generally in late spring early summer

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Migration

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The moving of a species from one location to the other for resources on an annual or seasonal basis

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Mastic movement

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Plant movement in which direction of movement is independent of the stimulus cause ping the movement

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Operant conditioning

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Form of trail and error learning

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Pecking order

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Hierarchy within an animal group that reflects different ranks

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Pheromones

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I helical secreted by some animals to communicate with other species, chemical messenger

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Photoperiod

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I refers to the relative length of day and night in a 24 hour period

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Photoperiodism

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Response of plants to particular periods of light and dark in terms of flowering and germinating seeds

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Phototropism

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Movement of a plant in response to light

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Play behaviour

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Patterns of behaviour in young animals that appear to provide practise of behaviours that are seen in adultsb

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Reproductive behaviours

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Behaviour patterns associated with courtship mating and care of the young

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Rhythmic behaviours

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Behaviours that are repeated at regular intervals such as feeding and sleeping

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Short day plants

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Uplands that flower when day length shorten to a particular point generally in late summer and autumn spring

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Social hierarchies

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different ranks of importance or dominance within an individual groups

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Social interactions

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InterActions that involve two or more individuals and may involve co operations as in mating or conflict as in defending territory or competing for a mate

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Solar tracking

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Dalai called heliotropes my, ability of some plants to move so they remain parrallel or perpendicular to the Suns Rays all day

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Territorial behaviour

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Behaviour associated with defending an area against other individuals, usually of the same species

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Thigmotropism

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A plants response when it comes into contact with a solid object

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Tropism

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A directional growth response of a plant due to an environmental stimulus