Intro To Behavioural Ecology

Question 1

Who made the distinction between intra and inter sexual selection?

Answer 1

Charles Darwin

Question 2

What discipline came before behavioural ecology?

Answer 2

Ethology

Question 3

How does ethology differ from behavioural ecology?

Answer 3

Ethology usually comes up with the hypotheses after looking at the organism. It also focuses on species and groups

Behavioural ecology comes up with the hypotheses before and looks at individuals and genes

Question 4

What does adaptationist mean?

Answer 4

The idea that behaviours evolved through natural selection to be optimal

Question 5

Give an example of ethology

Answer 5

Imprinting in birds (Lorenz and geese)

Question 6

What evolutionary biologist introduced game theory?

Answer 6

John maynard Smith (1982)

Question 7

What term did John Maynard smith introduce?

Answer 7

Evolutionary stable strategy: a strategy if adopted by all members of a population it cannot be bettered by an alternative

Question 8

When did the idea of behavioural ecology actually arise?

Answer 8

1980