Living In Groups

Question 0

What are the benefits of living together?

Answer 0

• surviving
• reproducing
• protection against predators

Question 1

Definition of living in groups?

Answer 1

• lee 1994

When two or more animal live together

Question 2

What are the foraging benefits to grouping?

Answer 2

If more individuals group then it’s easier to source food

Question 3

What is the benefit of grouping for predators?

Answer 3

Grouping can allow predators to capture prey that would be to large?

Question 4

What are the mating benefits to grouping?

Answer 4

• If both males and females are within the group individuals don’t have to go far
• temporary groups just for mating seasons

Question 5

What are the energetic benefits to grouping?

Answer 5

• conserving heat and water

- reducing the cost of movement

Question 6

What are the costs of living together?

Answer 6

• direct costs (being eaten by a predator)
• indirect costs (spending energy to avoid paying direct costs)
• predation (larger groups attract more predators)
• Competition

Question 7

What is kleptoparastism?

Answer 7

Stealing food from an individual before he had the chance to process it

Question 8

What is parasite loads?

Answer 8

Large groups can be affected by higher levels of control transmitted parasites

Question 9

What is misdirected parental care?

Answer 9

Costly for males only if they are involved in parental care

Question 10

What is a blood parasite?

Answer 10

Cookoos are famous for blood parasites

Living in groups provides increased protection against predators

Question 11

What is the role of competition in relation to group size?

Answer 11

When the environment can’t sustain the size of the group if can be worth leaving