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lecture 3 Flashcards

1
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what is communication

A

signal that affect behaviour of another individual

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2
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what is signal and cue

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signal: natural selection on how it affects others
cue: hints picked up to guide behaviour

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3
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what is the communicative act

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sender - channel - receiver

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4
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how does behaviour develop during sensitive period

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onset, triggered by environment, need stimulus
decline in hormones to stop learning
reaching a goal to stop learning

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5
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what is the song acquisition in birds

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parent teaches them the son
goes to unstructured twittering
plastic song
sterotyped
related to how much food you get during sensitive period
advertisement displays for how fit you are

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6
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qualitative aspects of information transmission

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make behaviour look conspicous
stereotype it
separate it from origianl function

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7
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what is the potential message information

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symmetricle - fit mate

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8
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why maintain social bonds

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tactile, resting and grooming together

allogrooming to make sure there is no conflict in the group

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9
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what are antagonistic encounters in wolves

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convey aggression, lose and show belly, alpha is needed for the group to stay together

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10
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what is cooperation

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behaviours selected for when it benefits the recipient

kin selection

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11
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what is cooperative breeding

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subordinates help dominant to breed, subordinate’s children are less fit

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12
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what is eusociality

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giving up self reproductive success for the dominant

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13
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what is altruism

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giving up liftime reproductive success to help someone elses fitness

mutualism, manipulation, reciprocity, kin selection

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14
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what is mutualism

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both party benefits, cooperative hunting

B-C>0

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15
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what is ESS

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evolutionarily stable strategy

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16
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what is manipulation

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B

17
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how do brood parasites use manipulation

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laying their eggs in other’s nests

numerical competency

18
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what is reciprocity

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doing it so that you get delayed benefit

19
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what is kin selection

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relatives give parental care, leads to higher reproductive success

20
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what is hamilton’s rule

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Br-C>0, where r is how much you would be related to the potential offspring

21
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what is the relatedness in bees

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females are diploid, males are haploid, you are more related to your sister than your brother, therefore it is better to help your sister reproduce more females

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